Age estimation and growth of the zebra seabream Diplodus cervinus cervinus (Lowe, 1838) on the Canary Islands shelf (Central-east Atlantic)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Pajuelo, José G ^a   Lorenzo, José M ^a   Domínguez Seoane, Rosa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Age and growth; Backcalculation; Diplodus cervinus; Seasonalised growth

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS CERVINUS;

EID: 0037400177     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00249-7     Document Type: Article

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