High-resolution isotope analysis of young alewife Alosa pseudoharengus otoliths: assessment of temporal resolution and reconstruction of habitat occupancy and thermal history

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 73; no. 10; pp. 2434 - 2451
• Main Authors: Dufour, E., Höök, T. O., Patterson, W. P., Rutherford, E. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Alosa pseudoharengus; habitat; juvenile; otolith; stable isotopes; temperature; USA, Michigan L

Otoliths of age 0 year alewife Alosa pseudoharengus collected in different Lake Michigan habitats were microsampled, and carbon and oxygen isotope ratios (δ18Ootolith and δ13Cotolith) of resulting microsamples were quantified. To assess the temporal resolution of the method, age and otolith growth r...