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Rate of Growth of the Ling, Lota Lota Maculosa (LeSueur)
Author(s) -
Martin William R.
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1940)70[77:rogotl]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - otolith , fishery , biology , geography , fish <actinopterygii>
The otolith method of age determination is shown to be applicable to the ling. A preliminary growth curve, based on 31 specimens, is presented for Lake Opeongo, Algonquin Park, Ontario. A photograph of a broken otolith is submitted.