Successful discrimination using otolith microchemistry among samples of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus from artificial reefs and samples of L. campechanus taken from nearby oil and gas platforms

Nowling, L. K., R. W. Gauldie, J. H. Cowan Jr., and E. De Carlo

A total of 98 Lutjanus campechanus otoliths were analyzed by ICPMS from collections made from both artificial reefs and oil and gas platforms in Alabama and Louisiana over a two-year period from 2002 to 2003.