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Author Furlani, Dianne.

Title Otoliths of common Australian temperate fish : a photographic guide / Dianne Furlani, Rosemary Gales, and David Pemberton
Published Collingwood, VIC, Australia : CSIRO Pub., ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 208 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Methods and materials; Definition of terms; Abbreviations; Species list (systematic order); Otolith descriptions and images; References; Index
Summary Otoliths (fish earbones) have a characteristic shape for each species of fish. Being bony, otoliths remain undigested for long periods and as a result can indicate which fish make up the diet of various predators, including fish, sharks, cephalopods, mammals, penguins and seabirds generally
Analysis Otoliths - Classification - Pictorial works
Otoliths - Laboratory manuals
Fishes - Age determination - Australia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-204) and index
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Subject Otoliths -- Pictorial works
Fishes -- Australia -- Identification
Fishes -- Australia -- Classification
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
Fishes
Otoliths
Australia
Genre/Form Classification
Field guides
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
Author Gales, Rosemary, 1960-
Pemberton, David.
ISBN 9780643098459
0643098453
1283156210
9781283156219