Life history characteristics and strategies of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 795-802

  Oliveira, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSEX; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY;

ANNAQUATUCKET RIVER; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 0032806121     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-001     Document Type: Article

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