Age and growth of black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839) in the southern NE Atlantic;Edad y crecimiento en el sable negro (Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839) del sur de Atlántico nordeste

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 33-46

  Vieira, Ana Rita ^a   Farias, Inês ^b   Figueiredo, Ivone ^b   Neves, Ana ^a   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^c   Sequeira, Vera ^a   Martins, Maria Rogélia ^b   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Aphanopus carbo; Black scabbardfish; Precision estimators; Vertebrae; Whole and sectioned otoliths

Indexed keywords

AGE; FISH; GROWTH; OTOLITH; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); AZORES; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

APHANOPUS CARBO; LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 75149158214     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73s2033     Document Type: Article

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