Radiometric age confirmation and growth of a deep-water marine fish species: The bank rockfish, Sebastes rufus

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Watters, Diana L ^a   Kline, Donna E ^b   Coale, Kenneth H ^a   Cailliet, Gregor M ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb 226Ra disequilibria; Age validation; Bank rockfish; Isotope; Otolith; Sebastes rufus

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; LONGEVITY; OTOLITH; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SEBASTES RUFUS;

EID: 33748915502     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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