The timing of metamorphosis and growth rates of American and European eel leptocephali: A mechanism of larval segregative migration

Fisheries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 191-205

  Wang, C H ^a   Tzeng, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; American eel; Daily growth increment; European eel; Growth rate; Metamorphosis; Otolith

Indexed keywords

EEL; GROWTH RATE; METAMORPHOSIS; MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 0034116689     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(00)00146-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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