Photographic atlas of fish otoliths of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean /
The shape of fish otoliths is highly species specific. Since otoliths resist degradation better than most other tissues, the shape and size of preserved or undigested otoliths recovered from fossilized sediments, native middens, and the stomachs and droppings of fish predators can be used to reconst...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada :
NRC Research Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Canadian special publication of fisheries and aquatic sciences ;
133. |
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| Summary: | The shape of fish otoliths is highly species specific. Since otoliths resist degradation better than most other tissues, the shape and size of preserved or undigested otoliths recovered from fossilized sediments, native middens, and the stomachs and droppings of fish predators can be used to reconstruct the species composition of the diet or fish assemblage. This photographic atlas presents light and (or) scanning electron micrographs of 580 pairs of sagittal otoliths representing 288 species, 97 families, and 27 orders of fish from the northwest Atlantic. |
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| Item Description: | "NRC No. 46328"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 284 pages) : chiefly illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-11) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780660192673 0660192675 9786610452170 6610452172 |
| Language: | In English, with an abstract also in French. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |