Seasonality in the deep sea and tropics revisited: What can otoliths tell us?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 585-598

  Morales Nin, Beatriz ^a   Panfili, Jacques ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Aseasonality; Deep sea environment; Seasonal increment; State of the art; Tropical environment; Validation

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; FISH; GROWTH; OTOLITH; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 25144473028     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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