OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY INDICATES UNEXPECTED PATTERNS OF RESIDENCY AND ANADROMY IN BLUEBACK HERRING, ALOSA AESTIVALIS, IN THE HUDSON AND MOHAWK RIVERS.

OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY INDICATES UNEXPECTED PATTERNS OF RESIDENCY AND ANADROMY IN BLUEBACK HERRING, ALOSA AESTIVALIS, IN THE HUDSON AND MOHAWK RIVERS.

Blueback herring is an anadromous fish endemic in the tidal Hudson River Estuary, USA. Twentieth-century improvements to a lock and canal system permitted the species to invade the Hudson’s main tributary, the Mohawk River, where it has been recorded since the 1930s. Moving westward over time, indiv...

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Main Authors: LIMBURG K. E., BLACKBURN I., SCHMIDT R., LAKE T., HASSE J., ELFMAN M., KRISTIANSSON P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2001-07-01
Series:Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
Subjects:
Alosa aestivalis
landlocking
otolith microchemistry
environmental history
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae:2001028

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