Seasonal variation in the migratory history of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in Mikawa Bay, Japan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 213-221

  Kotake, Aya ^a   Okamura, Akihiro ^b   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^b   Utoh, Tomoko ^b   Arai, Takaomi ^a   Miller, Michael J ^a   Oka, Hideo P ^b   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Anguilla japonica; Growth; Migratory history; Otolith Sr:Ca ratio; Reproductive maturation; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AGE; EEL; GROWTH; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AICHI; ASIA; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIKAWA BAY; WORLD;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER CONGER;

EID: 21244456065     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps293213     Document Type: Article

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