Does eel metamorphosis cause a breakdown in the tenets of otolith applications? A case study using the speckled worm eel (Myrophis punctatus, Ophichthidae)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1460-1468

  Powles, Perce M ^a   Hare, Jonathan A ^b,c   Laban, Elisabeth H ^b   Warlen, Stanley M ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; OTOLITH;

MYROPHIS PUNCTATUS; OPHICHTHIDAE;

EID: 33748573262     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-052     Document Type: Article

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