Abundance of yellow-phase American eels in the Hudson River estuary

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 896-910

  Morrison, W E ^a   Secor, D H ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 1442263474     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T02-100.1     Document Type: Article

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