Life history strategies of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, populations inferred from otolith microchemistry

Fisheries Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-63

  Morris Jr , James A ^a,b   Rulifson, Roger A ^a   Toburen, Larry H ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Morone saxatilis; Otolith; PIXE; Population discrimination; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; OTOLITH; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 0037399885     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00246-1     Document Type: Article

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