Concentrations of strontium in the pectoral fin rays of the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) by laser ablation sampling - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry as an indicator of marine migrations

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1981-1990

  Veinott, Geoff ^a,e   Northcote, Tom ^b   Rosenau, Marvin ^c   Evans, R Douglas ^d  

^a Lakeland College   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOVEMENT PATTERN; STRONTIUM;

DETECTION METHOD; DIADROMY; ESTUARY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; STRONTIUM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER ESTUARY;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 0033304438     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-120     Document Type: Article

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