Annual variability in the effects of water temperature, discharge, and tidal stage on the migration of American eel elvers from estuary to river

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2003, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 3-16

  Jessop, Brian M ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

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ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 3042673005     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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