Age determination and growth of Atlantic redfish (Sebastes marinus and S. mentella): Bias and precision of age readers and otolith preparation methods

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 655-670

  Stransky, Christoph ^a   Gudmundsdóttir, Sif ^b   Sigurdsson, Thorsteinn ^b   Lemvig, Svend ^c   Nedreaas, Kjell ^c   Saborido Rey, Fran ^d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age determination; Bias; Growth; North Atlantic; Precision; Redfish; Sebastes marinus; Sebastes mentella

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH; SAMPLING BIAS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; SEBASTES MARINUS; SEBASTES MENTELLA; SEBASTES NORVEGICUS;

EID: 19744374327     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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