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Science 31 March 1967:
Vol. 155. no. 3770, pp. 1684 - 1685
DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3770.1684
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Temperature Measurements from Oxygen Isotope Ratios of Fish Otoliths

Ian Devereux 1

1 Geology Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

Measurements have shown that the temperature of a fish's habitat can be deduced from the Oxygen isotope ratio of its otoliths (ear bones). Isotope ratios Obtained from fossil otoliths indicate a water temperature which agrees wiht that found by isotope measurements on associated benthonic foraminifera.


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