Verification of otolith identity used by fisheries scientists for aging channel catfish

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1775-1779

  Long, James M ^a   Stewart, David R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; FISH CULTURE; OTOLITH; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 79954520299     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T10-102.1     Document Type: Article

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