Life history of anadromous burbot (Lota lota, Linneaus) in the brackish Baltic Sea inferred from otolith microchemistry

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-148

  Rohtla, Mehis ^a   Vetemaa, Markus ^a   Taal, Imre ^a   Svirgsden, Roland ^a   Urtson, Kristjan ^b   Saks, Lauri ^a   Verliin, Aare ^a   Kesler, Martin ^a   Saat, Toomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Ba:Ca; Estonia; Gadiformes; Plasticity; Sr:Ca

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897710297     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12057     Document Type: Article

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