Age and growth of the dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834) in an exploited population of the western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-362

  Renones O ^a   Pineiro C ^b   Mas, X ^a   Goni R ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Epinephelus marginatus; Otolith sections; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS;

EID: 34547173552     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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