Age and Growth of Pacific Saury Cololabis saira (Brevoort) in the Western North Pacific Ocean Estimated from Daily Otolith Growth Increments

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Suyama, Satoshi ^a   Sakurai, Yasunori ^b   Shimazaki, Kenji ^b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age determination; Daily growth increment; Hyaline zone; Otolith; Pacific saury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039363347     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.1     Document Type: Article

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