Project number: 1993-109
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $254,208.17
Principal Investigator: John Kalish
Organisation: Australian National University (ANU)
Project start/end date: 26 Jul 1993 - 26 Nov 2002
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Validate ages of SBT(Thunnus maccoyii), redfish(Centroberyx affinis), blue grenadier(Macruronus novaezelandiae), and school shark(Galeorhinus australis)
2. Determine the suitability of the radio carbon chronometer for age validation of oreo species
3. Determine other species suitable for age validation via the bomb radiocarbon chronometer

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