Errors in ocular index measurements in European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 578-582

  Acou, Anthony ^a,b   Poizat, G ^a   Crivelli, A J ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Measurement error; Ocular index; Silvering

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EEL; EYE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; RHONE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 33751065948     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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