Validation of daily ring formation in sagittal otoliths of late juvenile skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 958-960

  Kayama, Sadaaki ^a,e   Tanabe, Toshiyuki ^b   Ogura, Miki ^b   Okuhara, Makoto ^c   Tanaka, Sho ^d   Watanabe, Yoshiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima Prefecture Fisheries Technology and Development Center   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Nagaisuisan Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daily ring; Katsuwonus pelamis; Otolith; Skipjack tuna

Indexed keywords

KATSUWONUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 34547611630     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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