Age and growth of albacore (thunnus alalunga bonnaterre, 1788) from the eastern mediterranean;Doǧu Akdeniz'de uzun kanat orkinos baliǧi'nin (Thunnus alalunga Bonnaterre, 1788) yaş ve büyümesi

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 801-810

  Karakulak, Firdes Saadet ^a   Özgür, Elif ^b   Gökoǧlu, Mehmet ^b   Emecan, Ibrahim Tamer ^a   Başkaya, Alparslan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Albacore; Eastern mediterranean sea; Growth; Spine; Thunnus alalunga

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLOMETRY; FISH; GILLNET; GROWTH RATE; WEIGHT;

ANTALYA [TURKEY]; ANTALYA BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); TURKEY;

THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 80053993402     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: 13036114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/zoo-0909-30     Document Type: Article

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