Strontium bands in relation to age marks in otoliths of European eel Anguilla anguilla

Zoological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 452-457

  Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a   Severin, Kenneth P ^c   Wickström, Håkan ^b   Wang, Chia Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Annulus; European eel; Otolith; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; NIA;

EID: 0033212003     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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