The use of otolith strontium isotopes (87Sr/86Sr) to identify nursery habitat for a threatened estuarine fish

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-569

  Hobbs, James A ^a   Lewis, Levi S ^a   Ikemiyagi, Naoaki ^a   Sommer, Ted ^b   Baxter, Randall D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^c California of Department of Fish and Game Bay Delta Region   (United States)

Author keywords

Longfin Smelt; Nursery habitat; Otolith; POD; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; NURSERY GROUND; OTOLITH; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TELEOST;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

PISCES; SPIRINCHUS; SPIRINCHUS THALEICHTHYS;

EID: 78149409171     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9672-3     Document Type: Article

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