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Indications of climate change in coastal areas: what may fish otoliths tell us?Rüdiger Berghahn*Umweltbundesamt, Versuchsfeld Marienfelde, Schichauweg 58, 12307 Berlin, GermanyABSTRACT: The relative occurrence of hyaline zones in the otoliths of the 0-group of certain flatfish species may serve as an indicator for changes in UV-B radiation in the course of climate change. The importance of factors other than UV-B, which are also related to climate change, is discussed.
KEY WORDS: Climate change · Flatfish · Tidal flats · Environmental stress · UV-B radiation · Hydrogen peroxide · Otoliths · Biological tags
Published in CR Vol.
18, No. 1-2
(2001) on October 18
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