A critical consideration of the metamorphosis zone when identifying daily rings in otoliths of European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-107

  Antunes, C ^a   Tesch, F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development stages; Eel larvae; Glass eel; Metamorphosis; Otolith

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0000545817     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1997.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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