Elemental composition of otolith growth marks in three geographically separated populations of European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1399-1413

  Tomás, Javier ^a   Geffen, Audrey J ^a,e   Millner, Richard S ^b   Piñeiro, Carmen G ^c   Tserpes, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROWTH; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; CRETAN SEA; GALICIAN SHELF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 33645333125     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0171-6     Document Type: Article

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