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Otolith Chemistry

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Tropical Fish Otoliths: Information for Assessment, Management and Ecology

Part of the book series: Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries ((REME,volume 11))

Abstract

Age determination of fishes based on periodic growth increments in otoliths has become a routine tool in fisheries science over the last century. Campana and Thorrold (2001) calculated that the ages of over 1 million fish were likely estimated in 2000 by fisheries scientists around the world. We probably have more demographic information on fishes than any other group of organisms on earth, with the exception of humans. The chronological records provided by otoliths are indeed unique. Growth increments in otoliths have now been validated to form on an annual basis in numerous species by many studies (Choat & Robertson 2002). Reef fish biologists were relatively slow to use annual increments in otoliths, perhaps because of the perceived lack of seasonality in tropical environments (Fowler 1995).

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Thorrold, S.R., Swearer, S.E. (2009). Otolith Chemistry. In: Green, B.S., Mapstone, B.D., Carlos, G., Begg, G.A. (eds) Tropical Fish Otoliths: Information for Assessment, Management and Ecology. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5775-5_8

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