Strontium content of scales as a marker for distinguishing between sea trout and brown trout

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-54

  Koksvik, Jan Ivar ^a   Steinnes, Eiliv ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Fish scales; Migration; Salmo trutta L.; Sea trout; Strontium

Indexed keywords

OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; WATER;

BROWN TROUT; FISH SCALES; MIGRATION;

RIVERS;

BIOMARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SALMONID; STRONTIUM;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 24644480590     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-8300-7     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. T. B. Bagenal F. J. H. Mackereth J. Heron 1973 The distinction between brown trout and sea trout by the strontium content of their scales Journal of Fish Biology 5 555 557
2. Y. S. Behrens T. J. Mulligan S. J. Fairchild 1979 Strontium marking of hatchery-reared coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch, Walbaum) Journal of Fish Biology 14 267 275
3. H. J. M. Bowen 1979 Environmental Chemistry of the Elements Academic Press London
4. M. Castonguay G. J. FitzGerald 1982 Critique de la méthode de distiction entre poissons anadromes et dulcicoles de la même espèce par la teneur en strontium de leurs écailles Canadian Journal of Fish and Aquatic Sciences 39 1423 1425
5. D. Eek T. Bohlin 1997 Strontium in scales verifies that sympatric sea-run and stream-resident brown trout can be distinguished by coloration Journal of Fish Biology 51 3 659 661
6. R. Kafemann S. Adlerstein R. Neukamm 2000 Variation in otolith strontium and calcium ratios as an indicator of life history strategies of freshwater fish species within a brackish water system Fisheries Research 46 1-3 313 325
7. B.P. Kennedy A. Klaue J.D. Blum C.L. Folt K.H. Nislow 2002 Reconstructing the lives of fish using Sr isotopes in otoliths Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59 6 925 929
8. K. E. Limburg P. Landegren L. Westin M. Elfman P. Kristiansson 2001 Flexible modes of anadromy in Baltic sea trout: making the most of marginal spawning streams Journal of Fish Biology 59 3 682 695
9. A. Markwitz D. Grambo1e F. Herrrmann W.J. Trompetter T. Dioses R.W. Gauldie 2000 Reliable micromeasurement of strontium is the key to cracking the life-history code in the fish otolith Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physical Research section B - Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 168 1 109 116
10. E. C. Volk A. Blakley S. L. Schroder S. M. Kuehner 2000 Otolith chemistry reflects migratory characteristics of Pacific salmonids: using otolith core chemistry to distinguish maternal associations with sea and freshwaters Fisheries Research 46 1-3 251 266