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Main Title Age determination methods for Northwest Atlantic species /
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Author Title of a Work
Penttila, Judy.
Dery, Louise M.
CORP Author United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.
Publisher United States Government Printing Office,
Year Published 1988
OCLC Number 20007764
Subjects Atlantic herring ; Haddock ; Atlantic cod ; Pollock ; Silver hake ; Red hake ; Black sea bass ; Cynoscion regalis ; Atlantic mackerel ; Stromateidae ; Sebastes fasciatus ; Summer flounder ; Winter flounder ; American plaice ; Limanda ferruginea ; Ocean quahog ; Glyptocephalus cynoglossus ; Marine fishes--North Atlantic Ocean--Growth ; Marine fishes--Age--North Atlantic Ocean ; Marine fishes--Growth ; Marine fishes--North Atlantic Ocean--Age
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EKCM  SK362.A2C2 NO.72 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 12/01/1989
Collation iv, 135 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes
"December 1988." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
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 Hold 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. Annotated photographs of age structures are provided to illustrate criteria. 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 billinearis), red hake (Urophycis chuss), black sea bass (Centropristis striata), weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus), redfish (Sebastes fasciatus), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus), witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides), yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea), surf clam (Spisula solidissima), and ocean quahog (Artica islandica).