Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of otoliths differentiate juvenile winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) habitats

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Pruell, Richard J ^a   Taplin, Bryan K ^a   Karr, Jonathan D ^b  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA SET; FLATFISH; JUVENILE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OTOLITH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEA SURFACE SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 76849084866     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08353     Document Type: Article

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