Differences in the early life history of the Australasian shortfinned eel Anguilla australis from Australia and New Zealand, as revealed by otolith microstructure and microchemistry

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-389

  Arai, T ^a   Otake, T ^b   Jellyman, D J ^c   Tsukamoto, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LIFE HISTORY; OTOLITH; RECRUITMENT; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0032704873     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050637     Document Type: Article

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