Consequences of inappropriate criteria for accepting age estimates from otoliths, with a case study for a long-lived tropical reef fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2259-2274

  Marriott, Ross J ^a,c   Mapstone, Bruce D ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; OTOLITH; REEF; SIMULATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

LUTJANUS BOHAR;

EID: 33751360163     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-109     Document Type: Article

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