Identifying migrations in marine fishes through stable-isotope analysis
Trueman, C.N., MacKenzie, K.M. and Palmer, M.R. (2012) Identifying migrations in marine fishes through stable-isotope analysis. Journal of Fish Biology, 81, (2), 826-847. (doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03361.x).
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Description/Abstract
The isotopic composition of many elements varies across both land and ocean surfaces in a predictable fashion. These stable-isotope ratios are transferred into animal tissues, potentially providing a powerful natural geospatial tag. To date, most studies using stable isotopes as geolocators in marine settings have focussed on mammals and seabirds conducting large ocean-basin scale migrations. An increasing understanding of isotopic variation in the marine environment, and improved sampling and analytical techniques, however, means that stable isotopes now hold genuine promise as a natural geolocation tag in marine fishes. Here, the theoretical background underpinning the use of stable isotopes of C, N and O in otolith, scale and muscle tissues as geolocation tools in the marine environment is reviewed, and examples of their applications are provided.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0022-1112 (print) 1095-8649 (electronic) |
| Keywords: | chemical proxy; fishes; movement; oceanic; tracking |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QE Geology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences > Ocean and Earth Science > Geochemistry |
| Item ID: | 341755 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2012 13:52 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2012 01:42 |
| Contributors: | Trueman, C.N. (Author) MacKenzie, K.M. (Author) Palmer, M.R. (Author) |
| Date: | July 2012 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/341755 |
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