Movements and growth rates of yellow-phase american eels in the annaquatucket river, rhode island

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 638-646

  Oliveira, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ROSTRATA;

EID: 0030671508     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0638:MAGROY>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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