Factors influencing otolith strontium/calcium ratios in Anguilla japonica elvers

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 299-303

  Kawakami, Yutaka ^a   Mochioka, Noritaka ^a   Morishita, Koichiro ^b   Tajima, Toshihiro ^a   Nakagawa, Hisaki ^a   Toh, Hidetoshi ^b   Nakazono, Akinobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eel; Fish; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 0031902505     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007415420540     Document Type: Article

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