Age and growth studies of chondrichthyan fishes: The need for consistency in terminology, verification, validation, and growth function fitting

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 211-228

  Cailliet, Gregor M ^a   Smith, Wade D ^a   Mollet, Henry F ^a   Goldman, Kenneth J ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Age validation; Chondrichthyes; Growth; Longevity; Precision analysis; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AGE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY;

CHIMAERIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES;

EID: 33751319666     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9105-5     Document Type: Review

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