Gonadal differentiation, intersexuality and sex ratios of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) maintained in captivity

Aquaculture

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 135-150

  Beullens, K ^a   Eding, E H ^b   Gilson, P ^a   Ollevier, F ^a   Komen, J ^b   Richter, C J J ^a,b  

^a Laboratory for Ecology and Aquaculture   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.); Garonne Basin (Fr.); Intersexuality; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 0030769973     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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