The spawning migration of European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) with particular reference to stocked eel in the Baltic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-270

  Westin, Lars ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; European eel; Imprinting; Migration and orientation; Olfaction; Salinity; Stocking; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; OLFACTORY CUE; ORIENTATION; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE;

BALTIC SEA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032213178     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00162-3     Document Type: Article

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