Arrival of an Australian anguillid eel in New Zealand: An example of transoceanic dispersal

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  McDowall, Robert M ^a   Jellyman, Donald J ^a   Dijkstra, Lucette H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Biogeography; Fish

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; TRANSOCEANIC DISPERSAL;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANGUILLA REINHARDTII; ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0031886503     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007326405148     Document Type: Article

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