Age structure of the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri).

The Australian lungfish has been studied for more than a century without any knowledge of the longevity of the species. Traditional methods for ageing fish, such as analysis of otolith (ear stone) rings is complicated in that lungfish otoliths differ from teleost fish in composition. As otolith samp...

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Main Authors: Stewart J Fallon, Andrew J McDougall, Tom Espinoza, David T Roberts, Steven Brooks, Peter K Kind, Mark J Kennard, Nick Bond, Sharon M Marshall, Dan Schmidt, Jane Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210168