Determination of the freshwater mark in otoliths of Japanese eel elvers using microstructure and Sr/Ca ratios

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-427

  Kawakami, Yutaka ^a,c   Mochioka, Noritaka ^a   Morishita, Koichiro ^b   Toh, Hidctoshi ^b   Nakazono, Akinobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Check; Physiological change; Sr incorporation

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; CALCIUM; FRESHWATER; METHODOLOGY; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 0031735976     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007429332507     Document Type: Article

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