Arsenic poisoning constitutes a major threat to humans, causing various health problems.
Almost everywhere across the world certain “hotspots” have been detected, putting in …

Otoliths are calcified structures and the information contained within their chemistry or shape
can be used to infer life history events, migration patterns, and stock structure of a fish …

Wild fish caught by anglers (WFAs) were confirmed to be usually contaminated with metals,
and the contamination status is radically affected by the growth and length of the fish. To …

Abstract The Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber, is an economically important species
along the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, especially in the southeastern-south Brazil. Despite …

Abstract The Brazilian sardine (Sardinella brasiliensis) supports the most important pelagic
fishery in the southeast-south Brazil. The first studies on the population structure of S …

A recent study was performed to assess the morphometric variation of otoliths of the
Decapterus kurroides collected in the northern Sulu and southern Sibuyan seas in …

Previous meristic analysis of the oblique scale counts (OSC) of Mugil liza showed a bimodal
pattern within the southern stock, between São Paulo, Brazil (− 24° S), and Samborombón …

Brazilian codling Urophycis brasiliensis is one of the main commercial coastal fish species
from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Regardless of its economic relevance, its stock …

Sagittal otolith shape analysis is one of the most widespread techniques worldwide to
discriminate fish stock units, as this proxy integrates both environmental and genetic factors …

We use otolith trace element-to-calcium element concentraton ratios (Ba: Ca, Cu: Ca, Mg:
Ca, Mn: Ca, Ni: Ca, Sr: Ca and Zn: Ca) and shape to evaluate the degree of segregation and …