Validation of fish ageing methods should involve bias estimation rather than hypothesis testing: A proposed approach for bomb radiocarbon validations

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1398-1408

  Francis, R I C Chris ^a   Campana, Steven E ^b   Neil, Helen L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GADOID; GRAPHICAL METHOD; PERCIFORM; RADIOCARBON DATING;

HYPEROGLYPHE ANTARCTICA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 77958057703     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-068     Document Type: Article

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