Salinities, not diets, affect strontium/calcium ratios in otoliths of Anguilla japonica

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-263

  Lin, Shih Huan ^a   Chang, Chih Wei ^a   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^b   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Diets; Growth rate; Otolith; Partition coefficients; Sr Ca ratios

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIET; EEL; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SALINITY; STRONTIUM;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIDAE; TUBIFEX;

EID: 33846206419     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

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