Carbon stable isotopes in estuarine sediments and their utility as migration markers for nursery studies in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 648-656

  Augley, Julian ^a   Huxham, Mark ^a   Fernandes, Teresa F ^a   Lyndon, Alastair R ^b   Bury, Sarah ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

flatfish; Forth Estuary; nursery; otolith; sediment; stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLATFISH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; NURSERY GROUND; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRTH OF FORTH; FORTH ESTUARY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 34147208864     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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