Age and growth of the small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810, based on whole and sectioned otolith readings

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-378

  Scarcella, Giuseppe ^a   la Mesa, Mario ^a   Grati, Fabio ^a   Polidori, Piero ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Age and growth; Scorpaena notata; Scorpaenidae

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGING POPULATION; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OTOLITH; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TELEOST;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SCORPAENA CARDINALIS; SCORPAENA NOTATA; SCORPAENIDAE;

EID: 79960996741     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9796-0     Document Type: Article

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