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The Growing Evidence for the Importance of the Otoliths in Spatial Memory [PDF]
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2019 Many studies have demonstrated that vestibular sensory input is important for spatial learning and memory. However, it has been unclear what contributions the different parts of the vestibular system – the semi-circular canals and otoliths – make to ...
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Fishes, 2022 Otoliths, calcified structures in the inner ears, are used to estimate fish age, and their shape is an efficient fish stock identification tool. Otoliths are thus very important for the management and assessment of commercial stocks.
Laith Jawad, Kélig Mahé
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Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes of freshwater fish otoliths from the São Francisco River, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Fish otoliths store geochemical and isotopic signatures that can be used as proxies for environmental conditions in ecological investigations.
NATAN S. PEREIRA +4 more
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Abnormal otoliths in the marine fishes collected from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2018 Background. Although several researchers have examined otoliths of marine fishes from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, none has reported abnormalities.
N. Manizadeh +3 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2022 The vestibular system of the inner ear is a crucial sensory organ, involved in the sensation of balance and equilibrium. It consists of three semicircular canals that sense angular rotations of the head and the vestibule that detects linear acceleration ...
Julia A. Schwab +7 more
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Precision of age estimations from otolith, vertebra, and opercular bone of Gymnocypris firmispinatus (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Anning River, China [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2017 Background. Gymnocypris firmispinatus Wu et Wu, 1988 is a small fish with the maximum total length of 242 mm, which occurs only in the Jinsha River and its tributaries (China), at altitudes above 2000 m. Nowadays, G.
S. Ma B. +8 more
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Insights of Otoliths Morphology to Reveal Patterns of Teleostean Fishes in the Southern Atlantic
Fishes, 2022 The sagitta otoliths of teleostean fishes are usually used in diverse studies. Their shapes are species-specific, and the qualitative description of their morphological features seems to be a simple task, despite its subjectivity.
Lucinha Santos +1 more
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Quantifying fish otolith mineralogy for trace-element chemistry studies
Scientific Reports, 2022 Otoliths are frequently used to infer environmental conditions or fish life history events based on trace-element concentrations. However, otoliths can be comprised of any one or combination of the three most common polymorphs of calcium carbonate ...
R. Seth Wood +8 more
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Sagitta otolith of three demersal species in a tropical environment
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021 The objective of this study was to describe the morphology and morphometry of saggitta otoliths of Polydactylus virginicus, Menticirrhus cuiaranensis and Conodon nobilis in a tropical environment.
Crismen Santana de Oliveira +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Diet studies are fundamental for understanding trophic connections in marine ecosystems. In the southeastern US, the common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus is the predominant marine mammal in coastal waters, but its role as a top predator has ...
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