The use of sectioned otoliths to age barramundi (Lates calcarifer) (Bloch, 1790) [Centropomidae]

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 479, Issue , 2002, Pages 231-236

  Stuart, Ivor G ^a,c   McKillup, Stephen C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fitzroy River; Freshwater; Growth; Queensland; Validation

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

AGEING METHOD; SECTIONED OTOLITHS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; FISH; GROWTH; OTOLITH; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

AUSTRALIA;

LATES CALCARIFER;

EID: 0036662820     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021021720945     Document Type: Article

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