Age determination and validation on otoliths of the sand-smelt Atherina presbyter (Cuvier, 1829) (Pisces: Atherinidae) from the central-east Atlantic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-87

  Moreno, Teresa ^a,c   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c Inst FP Maritimo Pesquero C   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherina presbyter; Canary Islands; Daily growth increments; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH; OTOLITH; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ATHERINA HEPSETUS; ATHERINA PRESBYTER; ATHERINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0037399637     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00252-7     Document Type: Article

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