Use of otolith microchemistry to investigate the environmental history of European eel Anguilla anguilla

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Tzeng, W N ^a   Severin, K P ^b   Wickstrom H ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Elemental X ray map; Environmental factor; European eel; Migratory history; Otolith; Strontium calcium ratios

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

CALCIUM; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HABITAT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; STRONTIUM;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030619206     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149073     Document Type: Article

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