Using the chemical composition of otoliths to evaluate the nursery role of estuaries for English sole Pleuronectes vetulus populations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 269-281

  Brown, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central California; Chemical composition; Estuary; Li; Nursery habitat; Open coast; Otolith; Pleuronectes vetulus; Sr

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; OTOLITH;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PAROPHRYS VETULA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 32644436286     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306269     Document Type: Article

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