The potential use of scales for estimating age and growth of Mediterranean albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-194

  Megalofonou, P ^a   Yannopoulos, C ^a   Dean, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; SCALE READING; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

PISCES; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 0141787048     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2003.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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