Using otolith weight-age relationships to predict age-based metrics of coral reef fish populations at different spatial scales

Fisheries Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-294

  Lou, Dong C ^a   Mapstone, Bruce D ^a   Russ, Garry R ^b   Davies, Campbell R ^a   Begg, Gavin A ^a  

^a CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age structure; Coral reef fish; Great Barrier Reef; Otolith weight; Plectropomus leopardus

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH; OTOLITH; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELINAE; LEOPARDUS; PLECTROPOMUS; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; SALMONIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 12344310392     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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