Age and Growth of Juvenile Southern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus maccoyii based on Otolith Microstructure

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 892-896

  Itoh, Tomoyuki ^a   Tsuji, Sachiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Juvenile; Otolith daily increment; Southern bluefin tuna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141513343     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.892     Document Type: Article

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