E-mail: travis. elsdon@ adelaide. edu. au, bronwyn. gillanders@ adelaide. edu. au
2Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 …

Chemical constituents in otoliths have become a valuable tool for fish ecologists seeking to
reconstruct migratory patterns and life‐history diversity in a wide range of species …

The analysis of elements in calcifiedstructures of fish (eg, otoliths) todiscriminate among fish
stocks and determineconnectivity between populations is becomingwidespread in fisheries …

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 …

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

Determining the timing or frequency of movement of fish and the relative importance of
different habitats is difficult. Advances in otolith chemical techniques and interpretations …

Otolith microchemistry can provide valuable information about stock structure and mixing
patterns when the magnitude of environmental differences among areas is greater than the …

Fish otoliths are comprised primarily of C a CO 3 and grow throughout an individual's
lifetime. The chemical composition of otoliths is often a distinctive characteristic of the …

Connectivity between estuarine and coastal populations is poorly understood but
fundamental to the study of population dynamics, as well as the design of effective …

The chronological properties of otoliths are unparalleled in the animal world, allowing
accurate estimates of age and growth at both the daily and the yearly scale. Based on the …