Timing of metamorphosis and estuarine arrival across the dispersal range of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 87-96

  Cheng, P W ^a   Tzeng, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elver; Japanese eel; Long distance dispersal; Metamorphosis; Otolith

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ELVER; ESTUARIES; JAPANESE EEL; METAMORPHOSIS; OTOLITH; OTOLITHS;

CHINA; JAPAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029667777     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131087     Document Type: Article

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