Age class distribution and size of American eel (Anguilla rostrata) in the Shetucket/Thames River, Connecticut

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 17-22

  Levesque, Joffre R ^a   Whitworth, Walter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0003131963     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1987.9665156     Document Type: Article

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