On the distribution of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and its fisheries

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 787-799

  Dekker, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142122264     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-066     Document Type: Article

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