Comparison of daily- and annual-increment counts in otoliths of bigeye (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin (T. albacares), southern bluefin (T. Maccoyii) and albacore (T. alalunga) tuna

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1439-1450

  Williams, Ashley J ^a   Leroy, Bruno M ^a   Nicol, Simon J ^a   Farley, Jessica H ^b   Clear, Naomi P ^b   Krusic Golub, Kyne ^c   Davies, Campbell R ^b  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Fish Ageing Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

age estimation; annual increments; daily increments; Pacific Ocean; sectioned otoliths; tuna

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; GROWTH; LONGEVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84886413358     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst093     Document Type: Article

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