Homing and movement of yellow-phase American eels in freshwater ponds

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 393-399

  Lamothe, Peter J ^a   Gallagher, Merry ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a,b   Moring, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Behavior; Movements; Orientation; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LUNAR CYCLE; MOVEMENT PATTERN; UNITED STATES;

HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; TRACKING;

UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 0033885510     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007639615834     Document Type: Article

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