The utility of otolith weight as a predictor of age in the emperor Lethrinus mahsena and other tropical fish species

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 493-506

  Pilling, G M ^a,c   Grandcourt, E M ^b   Kirkwood, G P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Age structure; Age slicing; Growth; Otolith weight

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OTOLITH;

INDIAN OCEAN;

LETHRINUS; LETHRINUS MAHSENA;

EID: 0037311922     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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