Age, growth and preliminary estimates of maturity of bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, in the Australian region

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 713-724

  Farley, Jessica H ^a   Clear, Naomi P ^a   Leroy, Bruno ^b   Davis, Tim L O ^a   McPherson, Geoff ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^c Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age composition; Longevity; Microincrements; Otoliths; Stock structure

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; OTOLITH; PELAGIC FISH; SIZE AT MATURITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TUNA FISHERY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 33750124473     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05255     Document Type: Article

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