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Accuracy and precision in eel age estimation, using otoliths of known and unknown age
Author(s) -
Svedäng H.,
Wickström H.,
Reizenstein M.,
Holmgren K.,
Florenius P.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1998.tb00994.x
Subject(s) - biology , otolith , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , brackish water , estimation , zoology , ecology , management , economics , salinity
Using otoliths of eels Anguilla anguilla of known and unknown age from fresh, brackish and marine waters, the accuracy of age estimation was uncertain and deviations from the correct age were dependent on reader, locality and fish age.