Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic species
The successful application of techniques to enhance detection of age marks in biological specimens is of vital importance in fisheries research. This manual documents age determination techniques used by staff at the Woods Hole Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service. General information on pr...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/20537 2023-05-15T15:22:32+02:00 Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic species Penttila, Judy Dery, Louise M. 1988 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20537 en eng NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA Technical Report NMFS http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/tr72.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20537 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/2749 403 2011-09-29 18:24:29 2749 United States National Marine Fisheries Service Ecology Fisheries Biology monograph 1988 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:01:40Z The successful application of techniques to enhance detection of age marks in biological specimens is of vital importance in fisheries research. This manual documents age determination techniques used by staff at the Woods Hole Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service. General information on procedures for preparing anatomical structures is described, together with criteria used to interpret growth patterns and assign ages. Annotatedphotographs of age structures are provided to illustratecriteria. Detailed procedures are given for the following species: Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), pollock (Pollachius virens), silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), red hake (Urophycis chuss), black sea bass (Centropristis striata), weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus), redfish (Sebastes fasciatus), summerflounder (Paralichthys dentatus), winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus), witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides), yellowtailflounder (Limanda ferruginea), surf clam (Spisula solidissima), and ocean quahog (Arctica islandica). (PDF file contains 142 pages.) Book Arctica islandica atlantic cod Gadus morhua Northwest Atlantic Ocean quahog IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Hake ENVELOPE(15.612,15.612,66.797,66.797) |
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The successful application of techniques to enhance detection of age marks in biological specimens is of vital importance in fisheries research. This manual documents age determination techniques used by staff at the Woods Hole Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service. General information on procedures for preparing anatomical structures is described, together with criteria used to interpret growth patterns and assign ages. Annotatedphotographs of age structures are provided to illustratecriteria. Detailed procedures are given for the following species: Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), pollock (Pollachius virens), silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), red hake (Urophycis chuss), black sea bass (Centropristis striata), weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus), redfish (Sebastes fasciatus), summerflounder (Paralichthys dentatus), winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus), witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides), yellowtailflounder (Limanda ferruginea), surf clam (Spisula solidissima), and ocean quahog (Arctica islandica). (PDF file contains 142 pages.) |
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Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic species |
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Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic species |
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Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic species |
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Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic species |
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Age determination methods for northwest Atlantic species |
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age determination methods for northwest atlantic species |
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NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service |
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1988 |
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Arctica islandica atlantic cod Gadus morhua Northwest Atlantic Ocean quahog |
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