Otoliths and vertebrae as potential hard structures for ageing South African yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Filmalter, J D ^a,b   Weyl, O L F ^a,b   Sauer, W ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Annuli; Otoliths; Precision; South Africa; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGING; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; VERTEBRATE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 78049501810     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2009.31.2.15.887     Document Type: Article

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