Demographic characteristics of american eel in the potomac river drainage, virginia

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 524-535

  Goodwin, Kevin R ^a   Angermeier, Paul L ^b  

^a Surface Water Quality Division   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EEL; FECUNDITY; SEX RATIO; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0037566211     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2003)132<0524:DCOAET>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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