Efficacy of calcein and Coomassie Blue dyeing of shell growing-edges and micro growth-bands: Ageing juvenile of Pinctada mazatlanica (Pterioida: Pteriidae)

Age validation is the first step to determine shellfish species age determination. This information is vital for different inferential models used in marine ecosystem management activities. In spite that various validation techniques are used for marking carbon calcium structures, the calcein markin...

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Main Authors: Patricia L. McCoy Loría, Leonardo Huato-Soberanis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2014-09-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000300012&lng=en&tlng=en