Terminology for the ageing of chondrichthyan fish using dorsal-fin spines

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 273-277

  Clarke, Maurice W ^a   Irvine, Sarah B ^b  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Chimaeriformes; Growth; Heterodontiformes; Squaliformes

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISH; GROWTH; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINOLOGY;

CHIMAERIFORMES; HETERODONTIFORMES; PISCES; SQUALIFORMES;

EID: 33751209489     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9131-3     Document Type: Article

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