An examination of utilizing external measures to identify sexually maturing female American eels, Anguilla rostrata, in the St. Lawrence River

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-287

  Cottrill, R Adam ^a   McKinley, R Scott ^b   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Migration; Morphometrics; Ovarian development; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EEL; MIGRATION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CANADA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036829448     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020502119936     Document Type: Article

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