Reproducibility of age determination by scale and vertebra in Pontic shad (Alosa pontica Eichwald, 1838), from the Danube

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Višnjić Jeftić, Željka ^a   Lenhardt, Mirjana ^b   Navodaru, I ^c   Hegedis A ^a   Gacic Z ^a   Nikcevic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Danube Delta National Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aging precision; Alosa pontica; Average percent error; Coefficient of variation; Fish; Serbia

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849108486     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS0902337V     Document Type: Article

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