Validation of the periodicity of increment formation in the otoliths of a cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1272-1284

  Egger, B ^a   Meekan, M ^b   Salzburger, W ^a,e   Mwape, L ^c   Makasa, L ^c   Shapola, R ^c   Sturmbauer, C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Growth; Lake Tanganyika; Otolith; Tropheus moorii

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; OTOLITH; PERIODICITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; TROPHEUS; TROPHEUS MOORII;

EID: 2442717897     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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