Identification and growth rates comparison of divergent migratory contingents of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)

Aquaculture

Volumn 216, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 77-86

  Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^b   Shiao, Jen Chieh ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^c   Oka, Hideo P ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental history; Growth; Japanese eel; Otolith; Sr Ca ratio

Indexed keywords

EEL; GROWTH RATE; OTOLITH;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0037429121     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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