Aspects of metamorphosis and habitat use in the conger eel, Conger oceanicus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 544-552

  Bell, Geoffrey W ^a,b   Witting, David A ^a   Able, Kenneth W ^a  

^a Rutgers University Marine Field Station   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EEL; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER MYRIASTER; CONGER OCEANICUS;

EID: 0141570403     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/01-145     Document Type: Article

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