Application of Bomb Radiocarbon Chronologies to Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

• Main Authors: Ardizzone, D; Cailliet, G M; Natanson, L J; Andrews, A H; Kerr, L A, Brown, T A
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AGING; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOMBS; CARBON; CARBONATES; CORALS; DEPOSITION; FISHES; FOOD; HYPOTHESIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHASE SHIFT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; TESTING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; VALIDATION; VERTEBRAE; Pacific; Pratt; Lamna nasus; North Atlantic; Porbeagle
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/940880-hGINgG/

There is an ongoing disagreement regarding the aging of the shortfin mako due to a difference of interpretation in the periodic deposition of vertebral growth band pairs, especially for the larger size classes. Using analysis of length-month information, tagging data, and length-frequency analysis,...