Age estimation and validation for South Pacific albacore Thunnus alalunga

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1523-1544

  Farley, J H ^a   Williams, A J ^b   Clear, N P ^a   Davies, C R ^a   Nicol, S J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Ageing protocols; Annual; Marginal increment analysis; Otoliths; Spines

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FIN (ORGAN); HISTOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGING; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNINI; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 84876903524     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12077     Document Type: Article

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