Age Determination of an Elasmobranch (Squalus acanthias) by X-ray Spectrometry

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada

Vol. 34 (1) , 44-48
https://doi.org/10.1139/f77-005

Abstract

Ages of spiny dogfish (S. acanthias) in the Strait of Georgia, [British Columbia, Canada] were estimated by an X-ray spectrometric technique which involved measuring variations in the element composition within vertebrae.