The staining of fish otoliths for age determination

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Richter, H., McDermott, J. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1990
• Subjects: Turbot
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb04331.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1990.tb04331.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb04331.x

Attempts were made to find methods for the staining of fish otoliths which would give results comparable to those of the Christensen burning technique. A variety of different histological stains and otoliths of different species were experimented with. Otoliths of sole, turbot, brill and scad gave b...