Evidence of different habitat use by New Zealand freshwater eels Anguilla australis and A. dieffenbachii, as revealed by otolith microchemistry

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-225

  Arai, Takaomi ^a   Kotake, Aya ^a   Lokman, P Mark ^b   Miller, Michael J ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age; Anguilla australis; Anguilla dieffenbachii; Growth; Habitat use; Lake Ellesmere; New Zealand; Otolith microchemistry

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANADROMY; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EEL; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT USE; OTOLITH; SALINITY; STRONTIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; LAKE ELLESMERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 1342268724     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266213     Document Type: Article

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