Strontium in scales verifies that sympatric sea-run and stream-resident brown trout can be distinguished by coloration

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 659-661

  Eek, D ^a   Bohlin, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Salmo trutta; Scales; Sea migration; Strontium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031239664     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0487     Document Type: Article

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