Age validation, growth and annual reproductive cycle of chub mackerel Scomber japonicus off the waters of northern Kyushu and in the East China Sea

Fisheries Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 947-954

  Shiraishi, Tetsuro ^a   Okamoto, Kumiko ^b   Yoneda, Michio ^c   Sakai, Takeshi ^a   Ohshimo, Seiji ^a   Onoe, Shizumasa ^b   Yamaguchi, Akihiko ^d   Matsuyama, Michiya ^d  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Oita Institute of Marine and Fisheries Science   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age determination; Chub mackerel; Fish with known ages; Growth; Translucent zone; Whole otolith

Indexed keywords

RASTRELLIGER; SCOMBER JAPONICUS;

EID: 53349108079     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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