The fish otolith (earstone) has long been known as a timekeeper, but interest in its use as a
metabolically inert environmental recorder has accelerated in recent years. In part due to …

Ecogeochemistry—the application of geochemical techniques to fundamental questions in
population and community ecology—has been used in animal migration studies in terrestrial …

E-mail: travis. elsdon@ adelaide. edu. au, bronwyn. gillanders@ adelaide. edu. au
2Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 …

Stock Identification Methods, 2e, continues to provide a comprehensive review of the various
disciplines used to study the population structure of fishery resources. It represents the …

Otolith microchemistry can provide valuable information about stock structure and mixing
patterns when the magnitude of environmental differences among areas is greater than the …

1 Introduction 2 Evolution of LA-ICP-MS 3 Laser principles 3.1 Ruby 3.2 Nd: YAG 3.3
Excimer 4 Laser ablation systems 5 Laser–solid interactions 6 Particle transport 7 …

The elemental composition of otoliths is increasingly being examined as a means of
resolving the fine scale stock and population structure of fishes. The technique has been …

Elements contained within calcified structures of fish, molluscs, bivalves and corals may
provide a means to determine the characteristics of the environment occupied by an …

The chemical composition of calcified structures in fish (otoliths, spines, rays, scales, and
vertebrae) has been identified as a useful natural marker of stock structure. This application …

Connectivity between estuarine and coastal populations is poorly understood but
fundamental to the study of population dynamics, as well as the design of effective …