Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths
Most fish otoliths are composed of aragonite, but occasionally they form a mosaic with its polymorph, vaterite. We found an unusual mosaic structure of extremely low strontium to calcium (Sr/Ca) ratio in the aragonite otoliths of European eels Anguilla anguilla. The mosaic crystal structure in the e...
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ftlitinstagrecon:oai:elaba:5747266 2023-05-15T13:27:38+02:00 Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths Tzeng, Wann-Nian Chang, Chich-Wei Wang, Chia-Hui Shiao, Jen-Chieh Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Yang, Yi-Jung You, Chen-Feng Ložys, Linas 2007 http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5747266&prefLang=en_US eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3354/meps07022 http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5747266&prefLang=en_US Marine ecology. Progress series, 2007, Vol. 348, p. 285-295 ISSN 0171-8630 Sr-ca ratios Japanese eel Fish otoliths European eel Fresh-water Crystal-structure Lake trout Microchemistry Japonica Aragonite info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2007 ftlitinstagrecon https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07022 2021-12-02T00:27:53Z Most fish otoliths are composed of aragonite, but occasionally they form a mosaic with its polymorph, vaterite. We found an unusual mosaic structure of extremely low strontium to calcium (Sr/Ca) ratio in the aragonite otoliths of European eels Anguilla anguilla. The mosaic crystal structure in the eel otolith appeared opaque under reflected light after EDTA etching and was confirmed to be a vaterite crystal by Raman spectroscopy. Analysis by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry indicated that the elements sodium (Na), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba) were lower in abundance and magnesium (Mg) and manganese (Mn) were higher in the vaterite than in the aragonite. Otoliths with vaterite inclusions were found in 48.1% of the 108 eels examined. If the mosaic vaterite in otoliths is not identified and avoided, the migratory environmental history of fish could be misidentified when otolith elemental signatures are used as biological tracers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anguilla anguilla LAEI VL (Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics Virtual Library) Marine Ecology Progress Series 348 285 295 |
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Sr-ca ratios Japanese eel Fish otoliths European eel Fresh-water Crystal-structure Lake trout Microchemistry Japonica Aragonite Tzeng, Wann-Nian Chang, Chich-Wei Wang, Chia-Hui Shiao, Jen-Chieh Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Yang, Yi-Jung You, Chen-Feng Ložys, Linas Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths |
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Most fish otoliths are composed of aragonite, but occasionally they form a mosaic with its polymorph, vaterite. We found an unusual mosaic structure of extremely low strontium to calcium (Sr/Ca) ratio in the aragonite otoliths of European eels Anguilla anguilla. The mosaic crystal structure in the eel otolith appeared opaque under reflected light after EDTA etching and was confirmed to be a vaterite crystal by Raman spectroscopy. Analysis by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry indicated that the elements sodium (Na), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba) were lower in abundance and magnesium (Mg) and manganese (Mn) were higher in the vaterite than in the aragonite. Otoliths with vaterite inclusions were found in 48.1% of the 108 eels examined. If the mosaic vaterite in otoliths is not identified and avoided, the migratory environmental history of fish could be misidentified when otolith elemental signatures are used as biological tracers. |
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Tzeng, Wann-Nian Chang, Chich-Wei Wang, Chia-Hui Shiao, Jen-Chieh Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Yang, Yi-Jung You, Chen-Feng Ložys, Linas |
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Tzeng, Wann-Nian Chang, Chich-Wei Wang, Chia-Hui Shiao, Jen-Chieh Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Yang, Yi-Jung You, Chen-Feng Ložys, Linas |
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Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths |
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Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths |
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Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths |
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Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths |
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Misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by Sr/Ca ratios of vaterite otoliths |
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misidentification of the migratory history of anguillid eels by sr/ca ratios of vaterite otoliths |
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