Otolith chemistry analyses indicate that water Sr:Ca is the primary factor influencing otolith Sr:Ca for freshwater and diadromous fish but not for marine fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1790-1808

  Brown, Randy J ^a   Severin, Kenneth P ^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

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIADROMY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OTOLITH;

EID: 70350169653     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-112     Document Type: Article

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