Spatial and temporal variation in the natal otolith chemistry of a Hawaiian reef fish: Prospects for measuring population connectivity

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1181-1192

  Ruttenberg, Benjamin I ^a,b   Hamilton, Scott L ^a   Warner, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NATAL DISPERSAL; OTOLITH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PISCES;

EID: 44349111186     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-052     Document Type: Article

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