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Effects of ethanol preservation on otolith microchemistry
Author(s) -
Hedges K. J.,
Ludsin S. A.,
Fryer B. J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00353.x
Subject(s) - otolith , strontium , microchemistry , biology , barium , ethanol , hatchery , fishery , inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry , calcium , calcification , environmental chemistry , zoology , biochemistry , medicine , chromatography , fish <actinopterygii> , mass spectrometry , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
Solution‐based inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry was used to examine the effects of exposure time to ethanol (0, 1, 3, 9, 27 and 81 days) and ethanol quality (ACS‐ v . HPLC‐grade) on strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba) concentrations in sagittal otoliths of hatchery‐raised and wild‐caught young‐of‐the‐year walleye Stizostedion vitreum . No effect of either attribute on Sr and Ba concentrations were detected, indicating that metabolically inert elements that replace calcium in the calcium carbonate matrix ( e.g . Sr and Ba) are not influenced by storage in 95% ethanol.