Contrasting migratory strategies of marine and freshwater eels

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2002, Pages 37-40

  Miller, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla; leptocephali; life history; marine eels; migratory behavior; spawning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646776512     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.68.sup1_37     Document Type: Article

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