Age and growth of little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810), from the Tunisian Mediterranean coasts

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-122

  Hajjej, Ghailen ^a   Hattour, Abdallah ^a   Hajjej, Abdelhafidh ^b   Cherif, Mourad ^a   Allaya, Hassen ^b   Jarboui, Othman ^a   Bouain, Abderrahmen ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Age; Backcalculation; Euthynnus alletteratus; Fin spines; Growth; Tunisian waters

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING POPULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH CURVE; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUNISIA;

EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84856698586     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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