Otolith trace element chemistry as an indicator of anadromy in Yukon River drainage coregonine fishes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 678-690

  Brown, Randy J ^a   Bickford, Nate ^b   Severin, Ken ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; OTOLITH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID; SPAWNING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER;

COREGONUS LAURETTAE; COREGONUS NASUS; COREGONUS NELSONII; COREGONUS PIDSCHIAN; COREGONUS SARDINELLA; PISCES; PROSOPIUM; PROSOPIUM COULTERII; STENODUS; STENODUS LEUCICHTHYS;

EID: 34250173506     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-040.1     Document Type: Article

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