Age and Growth Program

• KASTELLE, C. R., D. M. ANDERL, D. K. KIMURA, and C. G. JOHNSTON. 2008. Age validation of Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) by means of bomb radiocarbon. Fish. Bull., U.S. 106:375-385. (.pdf, 530KB).  Online.
   
• KIMURA, D. K. 2008. Extending the von Bertalanffy growth model using explanatory variables. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65:1879-1891. 
   
• KASTELLE, C. R., D. K. KIMURA, and B. J. GOETZ. 2008. Bomb radiocarbon age validation of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) using new statistical methods. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65:1101-1112. 
   
• KIMURA, D. K., D. M. ANDERL, and B. J. GOETZ. 2007. Seasonal marginal growth on otoliths of seven Alaska groundfish species support the existence of annual patterns. Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 12:243-251. (.pdf, 700KB)  Online.
   
• KIMURA, D. K. 2007. Using the empirical Bayes method to estimate and evaluate bycatch rates of seabirds from individual fishing vessels. Fish. Bull., U.S. 105:577–581. (.pdf, 103KB).  Online.
   
• GBURSKI, C. M., S. K. GAICHAS, and D. K. KIMURA. 2007. Age and growth of big skate (Raja binoculata) and longnose skate (R. rhina) in the Gulf of Alaska. Environ. Biol. Fishes 80:337-349. 
   
• HUTCHINSON, C. E., C. R. KASTELLE, D. K. KIMURA, and D. R. GUNDERSON. 2007. Using radiometric ages to develop conventional ageing methods for shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis), p. 237-249. In J. Heifetz, J. DiCosimo, A. J. Gharrett, M. S. Love, V. M. O'Connell, and R. D. Stanley (editors), Biology, Assessment, and Management of North Pacific Rockfishes. University of Alaska Sea Grant Program Report No. AK-SG-07-01, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. 
   
• COATES, J., D. R. GUNDERSON, L. LaFRANCE, B. S. MILLER, B. GOETZ, and W. A. PALSSON. 2007. Changes in growth and recruitment of the Puget Sound rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus) in northern Puget Sound, p. 223-236. In J. Heifetz, J. DiCosimo, A. J. Gharrett, M. S. Love, V. M. O'Connell, and R. D. Stanley (editors), Biology, Assessment, and Management of North Pacific Rockfishes. University of Alaska Sea Grant Program Report No. AK-SG-07-01, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. 
   
• GREGG, J. L., D. M. ANDERL, and D. K. KIMURA. 2006. Improving the precision of otolith-based age estimates for Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) with preparation methods adapted for fragile sagittae. Fish. Bull., U.S. 104:643-648. (.pdf, 1.02MB).  Online.
   
• SHORT, J. A., C. M. GBURSKI, and D. K. KIMURA. 2006. Using otolith morphometrics to separate small walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma from Arctic cod Boreogadus saida in mixed samples. Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 12:147-152. (.pdf, 340KB)  Online.
   

• The Impact of Sea-ice on the Recruitment of Antarctic Fish
  By:  SONIA FANG, DELSA ANDERL, DANIEL KIMURA, NINA KARNOVSKY
  Conference:  non-conference use
  (2007 poster, .pdf, 1.11MB)   Online.
   
• Preliminary Age & Growth of Skates (Raja and Bathyraja species) in the Southern Alaska Peninsula Using Vertebrae: Big Skate, Longnose Skate, Aleutian Skate & Bering Skate
  By:  CHRIS GBURSKI, DAN FOY
  Conference:  Western Groundfish Conference (13th), Victoria, B.C., Feb 2004
  (2004 poster, .pdf, 526KB)   Online.
   
• Fish Otoliths and Radiometric Age
  By:  CRAIG R. KASTELLE
  Conference:  non-conference use
  (2004 poster, .pdf, 10.4MB)   Online.
   
• Is Corroborating Ages a Valid Concept in (Walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma) Fish Age Determination?
  By:  DANIEL K. KIMURA, ALEXANDER V. BUSLOV, BETTY J. GOETZ, CHRISTOPHER M. GBURSKI, CRAIG R. KASTELLE
  Conference:  International Symposium on Fish Otolith Research and Application (3rd), Townsville, Australia, July 2004
  (2004 poster, .pdf, 594KB)   Online.
   

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