Age and growth of blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) caught under moored fish aggregating devices, around Martinique Island

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Doray, Mathieu ^a   Stéquert, Bernard ^b   Taquet, Marc ^c  

^a Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques   (Martinique)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Daily increment; Otolith; Thunnus atlanticus

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; MARTINIQUE; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ATLANTICUS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ATLANTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12144288596     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2004009     Document Type: Article

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