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SUBMITTER: Limburg KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3107296 | biostudies-other | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Limburg Karin E KE Olson Carina C Walther Yvonne Y Dale Darren D Slomp Caroline P CP Høie Hans H
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110425 22
Growing hypoxic and anoxic areas in coastal environments reduce fish habitat, but the interactions and impact on fish in these areas are poorly understood. Using "natural tag" properties of otoliths, we found significant correlations between the extent of Baltic Sea hypoxia and Mn/Ca ratios in regions of cod (Gadus morhua) otoliths corresponding to year 1 of life; this is associated with elevated bottom water dissolved manganese that increases with hypoxia. Elevated Mn/Ca ratios were also found ...[more]