Age structure of Pacific saury Cololabis saira based on observations of the hyaline zones in the otolith and length frequency distributions

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 742-749

  Suyama, Satoshi ^a   Kurita, Yutaka ^a   Ueno, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Cololabis saira; Hyaline zone; North Pacific; Otolith; Pacific saury

Indexed keywords

COLOLABIS SAIRA;

EID: 33746867894     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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