coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to analyze the otolith chemistry of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) from eight different estuaries in the Gulf ...
SEDAR 18-RD18
Marine Biology (2004) 144: 855–862 DOI 10.1007/s00227-003-1254-x
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H. M. Patterson Æ R. S. McBride Æ N. Julien
Population structure of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) as determined by otolith chemistry
Received: 2 December 2002 / Accepted: 20 October 2003 / Published online: 2 December 2003 Springer-Verlag 2003
Abstract To examine current genetic-based paradigms pertaining to the structure and possible philopatry of red drum populations, we used solution-based inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to analyze the otolith chemistry of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) from eight different estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) and the North Atlantic Ocean. One estuary (Tampa Bay, Fla.) was sampled in three different years. Analyses of variance for five elemental ratios (Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca, Zn/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca) were all significantly different between estuaries, as was a multielement signature (MANOVA, Pillais trace F50, 1020=19.41, P