Exotic silver eels Anguilla anguilla in Japanese waters: Seaward migration and environmental factors

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 335-341

  Okamura, Akihiro ^a,b   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Mikawa, Naomi ^a,b   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Oka, Hideo P ^a  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Anguilla japonica; Environmental factor; Exotic species; Seaward migration

Indexed keywords

EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

JAPAN;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0036956233     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(02)01190-7     Document Type: Article

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