Fisheries Research Articles
Factors affecting mark quality of alizarin complexone-stained otoliths in juvenile black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri and a prescription for dosage
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2009
Journal Title
Journal of Fish Biology
ISSN
Print: 0022-1112 Electronic: 1095-8649
Keywords
chemical-staining techniques, fish identification, fish otolith marking
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries | Marine Biology
Abstract
The relationships between otolith score, a function of increasing stain visibility, and the ratio of alizarin complexone (mg) to fish biomass (g) for 0·1, 0·6 and 7 g black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri show that acceptable marks are produced in all size classes using a stain-to-biomass ratio of 3·3 mg g−1 following an immersion period of 24 h.
Recommended Citation
Partridge, G J,
Jenkins, G I,
Doupe, R G,
De Lestang, S,
Ginbey, B M,
and
French, D.
(2009), Factors affecting mark quality of alizarin complexone-stained otoliths in juvenile black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri and a prescription for dosage. Journal of Fish Biology, 75 (6), 1518-1523.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fja/14
