Age and growth of the sharpsnout seabream Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti, 1777) inhabiting the Canarian archipelago, estimated by reading otoliths and by backcalculation

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 142-148

  Domínguez Seoane, Rosa ^a   Pajuelo, José G ^a   Lorenzo, José M ^a   Ramos, Antonio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Backcalculation; Canary Islands; Diplodus puntazzo; Growth; Reading otoliths

Indexed keywords

AGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO;

EID: 33748916493     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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