Validation of annulus formation in otoliths of a temperate population of adult African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus using fluorochrome marking of wild fish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1033-1038

  Weyl, O L F ^a   Booth, A J ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age; Clariids; Growth zone; Oxytetracycline

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLARIIDAE;

EID: 51749120562     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01975.x     Document Type: Article

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