Accuracy and precision of age determination techniques for Mississippi River bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (RICHARDSON 1845) using pectoral spines and scales

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-56

  Nuevo, Miguel ^a   Sheehan, Robert J ^b   Heidinger, Roy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleithrum bones; Fish aging; Otolith; Pectoral spines; Scales

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CYPRINID; ERROR ANALYSIS; OTOLITH; PRECISION;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARISTICHTHYS NOBILIS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442652989     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0160-0045     Document Type: Article

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