Swimming depths of offshore migrating longfin eels Anguilla dieffenbachii

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 286, Issue , 2005, Pages 261-267

  Jellyman, Donald ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla dieffenbachii; Freshwater eel; Satellite; Swimming depth

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; EEL; MIGRATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TAGGING;

ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 14644426626     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps286261     Document Type: Article

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