Alternative life-history patterns of estuarine fish: Barium in otoliths elucidates freshwater residency

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1143-1152

  Elsdon, Travis S ^a,b   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OTOLITH;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA;

EID: 23844523003     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-029     Document Type: Article

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