Water, not food, contributes the majority of strontium and barium deposited in the otoliths of a marine fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 311, Issue , 2006, Pages 125-130

  Walther, B D ^a   Thorrold, S R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ba isotope; Element uptake; Otolith; Sr isotope; Water sources

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; FISH; OTOLITH; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PISCES;

EID: 33646814432     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps311125     Document Type: Article

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