Pectoral fin ray aging: An evaluation of a non-lethal method for aging gars and its application to a population of the threatened Spotted Gar

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-242

  Glass, William Roy ^a   Corkum, Lynda D ^a   Mandrak, Nicholas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Growth; Lake Erie; Pectoral ray; Species at risk; Spotted Gar

Indexed keywords

AGING; COASTAL WETLAND; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; RARITY; RED LIST;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

LEPISOSTEIDAE; LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS;

EID: 79952042096     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9735-5     Document Type: Article

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