Occurrence of sea eels of Anguilla japonica along the Sanriku Coast of Japan

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-81

  Arai, Takaomi ^a   Kotake, Aya ^a   Ohji, Madoka ^a   Miller, Michael J ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Marine resident; Migration; Migratory history; Otolith Sr:Ca ratios

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0038730952     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102280300011     Document Type: Article

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