Testing the validity of Cating's (1953) method for age determination of American shad using scales

Fisheries

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 10-18

  McBride, Richard S ^a   Hendricks, Michael L ^b   Olney, John E ^c  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

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ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA;

EID: 27744552567     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2005)30[10:TTVOCM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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