An improved technique for preparing eel otoliths for aging
Authors:
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
- Vol. 15 (4) , 445-446
Abstract
The sagittal otoliths are removed from the eel and heated in a bunsen flame. Otolith fragments are embedded in clear silicone rubber sealant with the reading surface pressed against the surface of a microscope slide. The otoliths can then be read through the inverted slide under a binocular microscope using reflected light.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Size and age of migrating New Zealand freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.)New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1980
- Scale development and age determination in New Zealand freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.)New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1979
- A technique for examining eel otolithsJournal of Fish Biology, 1973
- The growth of New Zealand freshwater eels in three Canterbury streamsNew Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1969
- Burning of Otoliths, a Technique for Age Determination of Soles and Other FishICES Journal of Marine Science, 1964