Spatial differences in the trace element concentrations of Irish Sea plaice Pleuronectes platessa and whiting Merlangius merlangus otoliths

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 247-256

  Geffen, A J ^a,c   Jarvis, K ^b   Thorpe, J P ^a   Leah, R T ^a   Nash, R D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elemental composition; ICPMS; Metapopulation; Otolith microchemistry

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAPOPULATION; OTOLITH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0242495071     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2003.06.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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