Facultative habitat selection in Pacific tarpon Megalops cyprinoides as revealed by otolith Sr:Ca ratios

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 255-263

  Shen, K N ^a   Chang, C W ^b,c   Iizuka, Y ^d   Tzeng, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Leptocephalus; Megalops cyprinoides; Otolith; Pacific tarpon; Sr:ca ratio

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NURSERY GROUND; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM; TELEOST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TADU CREEK; TAIWAN;

MEGALOPS CYPRINOIDES;

EID: 68649089732     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08119     Document Type: Article

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