Otolith chemistry has gained increasing attention as a tool for analyzing various aspects of
fish biology, such as stock dynamics, migration patterns, hypoxia and pollution exposure …

Chemical analysis of calcified structures continues to flourish, as analytical and
technological advances enable researchers to tap into trace elements and isotopes taken up …

Trace element concentrations in fish earstones ('otoliths') are widely used to discriminate
spatially discrete populations or individuals of marine fish, based on a commonly held …

Fish otoliths are widely used to answer biological and ecological questions related to
movements and habitat use based on their chemical composition. Two fundamental …

Microchemical analyses of fish otoliths have revolutionized fisheries science. Molecules
deposited within otoliths may originate from ambient water and diet, with molecular …

Otolith chemistry has become a key tool to identify and delineate fish stock units. Its
successful application as a natural tag in stock discrimination studies is based on the ability …

Fish otoliths' chronometric properties make them useful for age and growth rate estimation in
fisheries management. For the Eastern Baltic Sea cod stock (Gadus morhua), unclear …

Over the past decade, sclerochronological research has continued to develop rapidly and is
diversifying with respect to methods, taxa, geographic coverage as well as temporal depth …

The Baltic Sea contains the world's largest anthropogenic deoxygenated zone, with
increasing episodes and areal extent of hypoxia/anoxia. Atlantic cod in the Baltic has …

The ability to obtain high-resolution chemical profiles across otoliths has expanded with
technological advancements that prompted an explosion of data from diverse taxa in …