Age and growth of larval Sardinella aurita (Pisces: Clupeidae) from northeastern Venezuela, determined by otolith microstructure analysis;Edad y crecimiento en larvas de Sardinella aurita (Pisces: Clupeidae) del nororiente de Venezuela, mediante el análisis de sus otolitos

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 559-567

  Ramírez M , Tany C ^a   Marin E B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Age; Growth; Larvae; Otoliths; Sardinella

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; OTOLITH; PELAGIC FISH;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

CLUPEIDAE; PISCES; SAGITTA; SARDINELLA; SARDINELLA AURITA;

EID: 33750532322     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v32i3.1123     Document Type: Article

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