A validated description of age and growth of western Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1523-1527

  Neilson, John D ^a   Campana, Steven E ^b  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PERCIFORM; POPULATION ECOLOGY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 48949090258     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-127     Document Type: Article

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