Effects of salinity and ontogenetic movements on strontium:calcium ratios in the otoliths of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica Temminck and Schlegel

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-122

  Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Development stage; Japanese eel; Migration; Otolith; Salinity; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0030197967     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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