Updated estimate of the growth curve of Western Atlantic bluefin tuna

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-342

  Restrepo, Victor R ^a   Diaz, Guillermo A ^b   Walter, John F ^b   Neilson, John D ^c   Campana, Steven E ^d   Secor, David ^e   Wingate, Rebecca L ^e  

^a International Seafood Sustainability Foundation   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic bluefin tuna; Growth; Thunnus thynnus; Von Bertalanffy; Western stock

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOTELEMETRY; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; GROWTH CURVE; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; RADIOCARBON DATING; TAGGING;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 79551715674     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2011004     Document Type: Article

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