Patterns of annual increment formation in otoliths of pomacentrids in the tropical western Atlantic: Implications for population age-structure examination

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 265, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-195

  Caldow, Chris ^a   Wellington, Gerard M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Longevity; Otolith; Pomacentridae; Reef fish; Stegastes partitus; Stegastes planifrons; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OTOLITH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REEF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES; STEGASTES PARTITUS; STEGASTES PLANIFRONS;

EID: 0842280649     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps265185     Document Type: Article

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