Migratory environmental history of the grey mullet Mugil cephalus as revealed by otolith Sr:Ca ratios

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 269, Issue , 2004, Pages 277-288

  Chang, C W ^a   Iizuka, Y ^b   Tzeng, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental history; Migration; Mugil cephalus; Otolith; Sr:Ca ratio

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATADROMY; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FISH; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); TAIWAN;

MUGIL; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGILIDAE;

EID: 1942509590     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps269277     Document Type: Article

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