Variability in growth of longfinned eels among coastal catchments of south-eastern Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1693-1706

  Walsh, C T ^a,b   Pease, B C ^a   Hoyle, S D ^c   Booth, D J ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla reinhardtii; GROTAG; Growth; Tagging

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EEL; FINFISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE RIVER; HACKING RIVER; HAWKESBURY RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANGUILLA REINHARDTII;

EID: 33744973747     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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