The sex-ratio reversal of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in the Kaoping River of Taiwan: The effect of cultured eels and its implication

Aquaculture

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1230-1238

  Chu, Yu Wei ^a   Han, Yu San ^a   Wang, Chia Hui ^a   You, Chen Feng ^b   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elemental signature; Japanese eel; Otolith; Sex ratio; Typhoon Mindulle

Indexed keywords

EEL; MORPHOLOGY; OTOLITH; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOPING RIVER; TAIWAN;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 33751319873     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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