Migration of juvenile American eels Anguilla rostrata between freshwater and estuary, as revealed by otolith microchemistry

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 310, Issue , 2006, Pages 219-233

  Jessop, B M ^a   Shiao, J C ^b   Iizuka, Y ^c   Tzeng, W N ^d  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

American eel; Anguilla rostrata; Growth rate; Migratory history; Otolith check; Strontium:calcium ratios

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EEL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; OTOLITH;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; CHESHIRE; CHESTER [CHESHIRE]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 33646243786     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps310219     Document Type: Article

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