A growth check deposited at estuarine arrival in otoliths of juvenile flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus L.)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-324

  Hsu, Chih Chieh ^a   Chang, Chih Wei ^b   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^c   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microchemistry; Microstructure; Mugil cephalus; Otolith

Indexed keywords

MUGIL CEPHALUS; NIA;

EID: 72549119154     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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