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- ↑ Jones, Cynthia (1984). The otolith increment ageing technique: application in larval fish (Thesis).
- ↑ Medicine, Institute of; Practice, Board on Population Health and Public Health; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research (2014-06-02). Speaker Biographical Sketches. National Academies Press (US).