Age determination for whitespotted conger Conger myriaster through somatic and otolith morphometrics.

It is difficult to determine ages of eels via otoliths, because multiple alternating translucent and opaque zones in the otoliths are hard to identify. In this study, we developed an efficient age determination method for whitespotted conger (Conger myriaster), using random forest models with otolit...

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Main Authors: Xiuxia Mu, Chongliang Zhang, Chi Zhang, Binduo Xu, Ying Xue, Yiping Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6124768?pdf=render