Age and Growth

Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 138-163

  Nash, Richard D M ^a   Geffen, Audrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Ageing and growth; Flatfishes; Growth rates; Seasonal growth patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948131156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470995259.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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