Age validation and growth variability of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus off the Pacific coast of northern Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 585-592

  Yoneda, Michio ^a   Kurita, Yutaka ^a   Kitagawa, Daiji ^b   Ito, Masaki ^a   Tomiyama, Takeshi ^c   Goto, Tomoaki ^d   Takahashi, Kiyotaka ^e  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^d IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^e Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Research and Development Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flounder; Geographic variation; Growth; Otolith; Pacific coast; Paralichthys olivaceus

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 34250212199     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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