Unsupervised Bayesian reconstruction of individual life histories from otolith signatures: Case study of Sr:Ca transects of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) otoliths

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-165

  Fablet, Ronan ^a   Daverat, Françoise ^b   De Pontual, Hélène ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALCIUM; CHRONOLOGY; EEL; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; OTOLITH; RECONSTRUCTION; STRONTIUM; TRANSECT;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 34247239366     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-173     Document Type: Article

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