Age and Growth Program

• HELSER, T. E., and L. ALADE. 2012. A retrospective of the hake stocks off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States: Uncertainties and challenges facing assessment and management in a complex environment. Fish. Res. 114:2-18. 
   
• KASTELLE, C. R., T. E. HELSER, B. A. BLACK, M. J. STUCKEY, D. C. GILLESPIE, J. McARTHUR, D. LITTLE, K. D. CHARLES, and R. S. KHAN. 2011. Bomb-produced radiocarbon validation of growth-increment crossdating allows marine paleoclimate reconstruction. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 311:126-135. 
   
• HUTCHINSON, C. E., and T. T. TENBRINK. 2011. Age determination of the yellow Irish lord: Management implications as a result of new estimates of maximum age. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage. 31:1116-1122. 
   
• CRAIG KASTELLE, and THOMAS HELSER. 2010. Regional Environmental Factors Affecting Bomb-Derived Radiocarbon Age Validation Studies. AFSC Quarterly Report Feature (April-May-June 2010) 5 p. (.pdf, 692 kb).  Online.
   
• MATTA, M. B., B. A. BLACK, and T. K. WILDERBUER. 2010. Climate-driven synchrony in otolith growth-increment chronologies for three Bering Sea flatfish species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 413:137-145. 
   
• RODGVELLER, C. J., D. M. CLAUSEN, J. J. NAGLER, and C. HUTCHINSON. 2010. Reproductive characteristics and mortality of female giant grenadiers in the northern Pacific Ocean. Mar. Coastal Fish. 2:73-82. (.pdf, 642 KB).  Online.
   
• 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, 657 KB)  Online.
   

• Preliminary Life History Variability of Longnose Skate (Raja rhina) Across Two Large Marine Ecosystems: Gulf of Alaska and California Current System
  By:  CHRISTOPHER GBURSKI, THOMAS HELSER, VLADLENA GERTSEVA, JACQUELYNNE KING, DAVID EBERT
  Conference:  Western Groundfish Conference (17th), Seattle, WA., Feb 2012
  (2012 poster, .pdf, 2.5 MB)   Online.
   
• Habitat and Ecological Processes Research (HEPR) Program
  By:  MIKE SIGLER, MANDY LINDEBERG, CRAIG FAUNCE, MICHAEL CAMERON, BEN LAUREL, TOM HELSER
  Conference:  non-conference use
  (2011 poster, .pdf, 1.14 MB)   Online.
   
• Age Validation of Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Using Stable Oxygen Isotopes (δ ¹⁸O)
  By:  CRAIG KASTELLE, THOMAS HELSER, DANIEL NICHOL, DELSA ANDERL, JENNIFER MacKAY
  Conference:  Committee of Age Reading Experts (CARE) Conference, Seattle, WA, Apr 2011
  (2011 poster, .pdf, 695 KB)   Online.
   
• Ontogenetic Migration of a Bering Sea Yellowfin Sole Revealed by Otolith δ¹⁸O Analysis Via Ion Microprobe
  By:  BETH MATTA, THOMAS HELSER, BRYAN BLACK, JOHN VALLEY, IAN ORLAND, TAKAYUKI USHIKUBO
  Conference:  Western Groundfish Conference (16th), Juneau, AK., Apr 2010
  (2010 poster, .pdf, 582 KB)   Online.
   
• Age Estimation of Silver Roughy, Hoplostethus mediterraneus (Pisces; Thachichthyidae) from Central Mediterranean Sea
  By:  S. VITALE, C. E. HUTCHINSON, C. R. KASTELLE, P. PRIZZO, S. GANCITANO, M. ARCULEO, L. CANNIZZARO, S. MAZZOLA
  Conference:  International Otolith Symposium (4th), Monterey, CA, Aug 2009
  (2009 poster, .pdf, 672KB)   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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