Using otolith increment widths to infer spatial, temporal and gender variation in the growth of sand whiting Sillago ciliata

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-131

  Stocks, J ^a   Stewart, J ^a   Gray, C A ^a   West, R J ^b  

^a Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuarine; Growth rate; Otolith annuli; Sex; Sillaginidae; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CILIOPHORA; SILLAGINIDAE; SILLAGO CILIATA;

EID: 79952740686     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2010.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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