Age validation and growth of bluenose Hyperoglyphe antarctica using the bomb chronometer method of radiocarbon ageing

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1552-1563

  Horn, P L ^a   Neil, H L ^a   Paul, L J ^a   Marriott, P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blue eye trevalla; Centrolophidae; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; REPRODUCIBILITY; VESTIBULE;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PERCIFORMES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CENTROLOPHIDAE; HYPEROGLYPHE ANTARCTICA; NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 78449290200     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02787.x     Document Type: Article

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