Variation in migratory history of Japanese eels, Anguilla japonica, collected in coastal waters of the Amakusa Islands, Japan, inferred from otolith Sr/Ca ratios

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 849-854

  Kotake, A ^a   Arai, T ^a   Ozawa, T ^b   Nojima, S ^c   Miller, M J ^a   Tsukamoto, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COASTAL WATER; EEL; MIGRATION; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM;

AMAKUSA; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER CONGER; JAPONICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037939834     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1016-9     Document Type: Article

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