Age validation of canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) using two independent otolith techniques: Lead-radium and bomb radiocarbon dating

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-541

  Andrews, Allen H ^a   Kerr, Lisa A ^b   Cailliet, Gregor M ^a   Brown, Thomas A ^c   Lundstrom, Craig C ^d   Stanley, Richard D ^e  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Age estimation; Alpha spectrometry; Carbon 14; Lead 210; Radiometry; Radium 226; Scorpaenidae

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE STRUCTURE; CARBON ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE; OTOLITH; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIOMETER; RADIUM ISOTOPE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCORPAENIDAE; SEBASTES PINNIGER;

EID: 34347329007     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07074     Document Type: Article

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