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NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 301-313Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517168
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otolith microchemistry; diadromy; migration; Sr : Ca ratio; strontium; PIXE
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Otolith microchemistry of common bullies (Gobiomorphus cotidianus) collected from the lower reaches of the Mataura, Clutha, and Taieri/ Waipori River systems of New Zealand was examined using particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE). High strontium:calcium (Sr:Ca) ratios in otolith cores relative to otolith edges suggested either diadromous or estuarine-reared common bullies are present in all three systems, including fish collected from Clydevale (50 km inland) on the Clutha River. However, constant or slightly variable Sr:Ca ratios from otolith core to edge, suggesting a non-diadromous life history, were also observed in fish from the lower Mataura and Taieri/Waipori systems, even where access to the sea was continuously available. The results suggest that diadromy in common bully may be facultative, and that a proportion of the common bully population may be non-diadromous in river systems where suitable larval/juvenile rearing habitat is present.
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