A comparison of staining techniques to improve precision of age estimation from fish otoliths

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 839-841

  Alagador, D ^a   Murta, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Horse mackerel; Otoliths; Staining methods

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; OTOLITH;

EQUUS CABALLUS; SAGITTA; TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

EID: 0036711256     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.2083     Document Type: Article

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