USE OF OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY TO INVESTIGATE THE LIFE HISTORY PATTERN OF GOBIES IN A TAIWANESE STREAM

and Favonigobius reichei are estuarine species, with Sr/Ca ratios of around 10%0, Awaous melanocephalus, Eleotris acanthopoma, Glossogobius celebius, Oligolepis acutipennis, Redigobius bikolanus, Rhinogobius nagoyae formosanus, Sicyopterus japonicus, and Stenogobius genivittatus are amphidromous species migrat­ ing between seawater and fresh water, Sr/Ca ratios being higher in inner layers (approximately 10%0-17%0) than outer layers of the otolith (less than 10%0). This indicates that the 8 amphidromous species migrate to a marine environment during early life and back to fresh water at a later stage. The marine phase of post larval duration in the amphidromous fishes lasts from approximately 1 mo in 0. acutipennis to 6 mo in Sicyopterus japonicus. This study reveals that Sr/Ca ratios in otoliths can be used as indicators of a fish's past life history,

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