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Manual for the Ageing of Atlantic Eel: Otolith preparation methodologies, age interpretation and image storage

Manual for the Ageing of Atlantic Eel: Otolith preparation methodologies, age interpretation and image storage

A.M. Walker* et al.

This publication was prepared by the ICES Workshop on Age Reading of European and American Eel, held in CEMAGREF, Bordeaux, France from 23-25 March 2011 and chaired by Francoise Daverat (Fr). This illustrated manual of best practice and otolith images has been designed as a stand-alone document and further information can be found in both the EIFAC 1988 publication on eel age determination (Vollestad, Lecomte-Finiger and Steinmetz, 1988) and the report of the ICES Workshop on Age Reading of European and American Eel, ICES WKAREA, 2009. The 2011 Version (Vers 2) updates the manual written in 2009 and should be used in conjunction with the reference collection of otolith images compiled by the 2011 workshop. Improvements to some of the preparation techniques, such as cutting and burning and the Swedish polishing and staining protocol are included in Version 2.

Reference:

A.M. Walker* et al. (2011) Manual for the Ageing of Atlantic Eel: Otolith preparation methodologies, age interpretation and image storage. ICES. 2011. Report of the ICES Workshop on Age Reading for European and American Eel: Manual for the Ageing of Atlantic Eel, 22-24 March 2011, Bordeaux, France. ICES CM 2011/ACOM:43. 152pp. 

 

A.M. Walker* et al.

ICES. 2011. Report of the ICES Workshop on Age Reading for European and American Eel: Manual for the Ageing of Atlantic Eel, 22-24 March 2011, Bordeaux, France. ICES CM 2011/ACOM:43. 152pp.