Determining the age of tropical tunas in the Indian Ocean from otolith microstructures

Fisheries Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-57

  Sardenne, Fany ^a,b   Dortel, Emmanuelle ^c   Le Croizier, Gaël ^a,b   Million, Julien ^b   Labonne, Maylis ^d   Leroy, Bruno ^e   Bodin, Nathalie ^a   Chassot, Emmanuel ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Indian Ocean Tuna Commission   (Seychelles)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^e SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Daily age; Mark recapture; Micro increment; Oxytetracycline; Thunnus

Indexed keywords

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84920878829     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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