Otolith age validation and growth estimation from oxytetracycline-marked and recaptured american shad

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1664-1671

  Duffy, William J ^a,b   McBride, Richard S ^a   Hendricks, Michael L ^c   Oliveira, Kenneth ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c State College   (United States)

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EID: 84897043638     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.720631     Document Type: Article

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