Otolith weight as an estimator of age in the Patagonian grenadier, Macruronus magellanicus, in central-south Chile

Fisheries Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 145-156

  Pino, Claudio A ^a   Cubillos, Luis A ^a   Araya, Miguel ^b   Sepúlveda, Aquiles ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigación Pesquera VIII Región SA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aging methods; Central southern Chile; Macruronus magellanicus; Otolith weight; Patagonian grenadier

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH; WEIGHT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

MACRURONUS; MACRURONUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0742323226     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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