Bomb radiocarbon chronologies in the Arctic, with implications for the age validation of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and other Arctic species

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 733-743

  Campana, Steven E ^a   Casselman, John M ^b   Jones, Cynthia M ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; EXPLOSIVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OTOLITH; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALMONID;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 41649100093     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-012     Document Type: Article

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