Age determination of a long-lived coregonid from the Canadian North: Comparison of otoliths, fin rays and scales in inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 205-214

  Howland, Kimberly L ^a,b   Gendron, Michel ^c   Tonn, William M ^a   Tallman, Ross F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGE DETERMINATION; OTOLITH; SALMONID; SCALE READING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; STENODUS LEUCICHTHYS;

EID: 1542440349     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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