Age and growth of the sailfish istiophorus platypterus (istiophoridae) in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-499

  de Guevara, Genoveva Cerdenares Ladrón ^a,b   Morales Bojórquez, Enrique ^c   Rodriguez Sánchez, Rubén ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ageing; Aic; Fin spines; Istiophorus platypterus; Sailfish

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGING; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERCIFORM; WEIGHT;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ISTIOPHORINAE; ISTIOPHORUS; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS;

EID: 79960494485     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2010.528201     Document Type: Article

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