Rw. Gauldie, EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND VATERITE REPLACEMENT ON THE CHEMISTRY OF METAL-IONS IN THE OTOLITHS OF ONCORHYNCHUS-TSHAWYTSCHA, Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 53(9), 1996, pp. 2015-2026
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were reared from the egg to
297 days under the same experimental conditions and then separated for
a further 43 days into five temperature treatment groups each of 100
fish at 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 degrees C plus a control group for a tot
al of 634 fish. Many otoliths recovered from the experiment had aragon
ite partially replaced by vaterite. Whole otolith chemistry was measur
ed using inductively coupled argon plasma optical emission spectrometr
y. The concentrations of the metal ions strontium, magnesium, manganes
e, sodium, iron, and zinc as well as phosphorus were recorded. The che
mistry of the otolith was weakly related to somatic weight, somatic le
ngth, temperature treatment, and otolith weight. Vaterite replacement
accounted for a large part of the variation observed in metal ion conc
entrations in the otolith.