Habitat use by the European eel Anguilla anguilla in Irish waters

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-578

  Arai, T ^a   Kotake, A ^a   McCarthy, T K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

age; Anguilla anguilla; growth; habitat use; migration; otolith microchemistry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EEL; FRESHWATER; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 33646051568     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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