Diversity of leptocephalus larvae around the island of Barbados (West Indies): Relevance to regional distributions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 282, Issue , 2004, Pages 271-284

  Richardson, D E ^a   Cowen, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Eels; Elopomorpha; Guyanas; Larval transport; Leptocephali; Lesser antilles; North Brazil Current ring

Indexed keywords

EEL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANTHOZOA; ELOPOMORPHA; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 10844251605     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps282271     Document Type: Article

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