How do the organic and mineral fractions drive the opacity of fish otoliths? Insights using Raman microspectrometry

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 711-719

  Jolivet, Aurélie ^a,b   Bardeau, Jean François ^c   Fablet, Ronan ^d,e   Paulet, Yves Marie ^b,e   de Pontual, Hélène ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^d ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; FISH; FRACTIONATION; GADOID; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OTOLITH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84877811149     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0298     Document Type: Article

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