Do leptocephali of the European eel swim to reach continental waters? Status of the question

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 285-306

  Mccleave, J D ^a   Brickley, P J ^a   O'Brien, K M ^a   Kistner, D A ^a   Wong, M W ^a   Gallagher, M ^a   Watson, Stephanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY LENGTH; EUROPEAN EEL; FISH LARVA; LEPTOCEPHALIS; SWIMMING;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 0031909714     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400040091     Document Type: Article

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