Otolith microchemistry of Nezumia aequalis (Pisces: Macrouridae) from widely different habitats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean
Swan, S.C.; Gordon, J.D.M.; Morales-Nin, B.; Shimmield, T.; Sawyer, T.; Geffen, A.G. (2003). Otolith microchemistry of Nezumia aequalis (Pisces: Macrouridae) from widely different habitats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(4): 883-886. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403007987h In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more |  |
| Authors | | Top | - Swan, S.C.
- Gordon, J.D.M.
- Morales-Nin, B., more
| - Shimmield, T.
- Sawyer, T.
- Geffen, A.G.
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| Abstract | Otoliths were obtained from Nezumia aequalis, a small macrourid that is widely distributed throughout the Atlantic and Mediterranean - two very different physical environments. Microchemical analysis of the otoliths was carried out using solution-based inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry of whole otoliths. Significant differences between fish populations were found for concentrations of the elements Li and Sr. Only 54% of the samples were correctly classified by area using discriminant analysis. Otolith samples from the Reykjanes Ridge were most easily distinguished. The results are discussed in relation to trace element concentrations in the waters of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. |
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