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Increase of otolith Sr:Ca ratio related to metamorphosis and maturation in anchovy Engraulis japonicus

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  1. National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, Hastukaichi, 739-0452, Hiroshima, Japan

    Hiromu Zenitani & Naoaki Kono

  2. Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, 851-2213, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

    Youichi Tsukamoto

  3. Department of Animal and Marine Bioresource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Higashi, 812-8581, Fukuoka, Japan

    Noritaka Mochioka

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Zenitani, H., Kono, N., Tsukamoto, Y. et al. Increase of otolith Sr:Ca ratio related to metamorphosis and maturation in anchovy Engraulis japonicus . Fish Sci 73, 1395–1397 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01483.x

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