Mineralogy and geochemistry of otoliths in freshwater fish from Northern Italy

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-148

  Lenaz, Davide ^a   Miletic, Marin ^a   Pizzul, Elisabetta ^a   Vanzo, Silvia ^a   Adami, Gianpiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Magnesium; Otoliths; Strontium; Vaterite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; FISH; MAGNESIUM; STRONTIUM; WATER;

ARAGONITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE POLYMORPHS; FRESHWATER FISHES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; NORTHERN ITALY; ORGANIC MATRIX; OTOLITHS; VATERITE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

FISH; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; OTOLITH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ASTERISCUS; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES; SAGITTA; VATERITIC;

EID: 33646548275     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2006/0018-0143     Document Type: Article

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