Age determination in common carp Cyprinus carpio: history, relative utility of ageing structures, precision and accuracy...
Published in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
The common carp Cyprinus carpio is one of the most widely-distributed freshwater fishes in the world. Due to its value for conservation and fisheries in several native/translocated areas of distribution and its detrimental effects on the aquatic ecosystem in most invasive areas, robust age-based population dynamics models are required for successfu...