Age and growth of Anguilla anguilla in the Camargue lagoons

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 876-890

  Melia P ^a   Bevacqua, D ^a   Crivelli, A J ^b   De Leo, G A ^c   Panfili, J ^d   Gatto, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Age and size structured demography; Anguilla anguilla; Body growth; Eel

Indexed keywords

AGE; EEL; GROWTH; LAGOON; MONITORING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHONE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 33644644184     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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