Age and growth of Anguilla bicolor bicolor leptocephali in the eastern Indian Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 538-550

  Kuroki, M ^a   Aoyama, J ^a   Wouthuyzen, S ^b   Sumardhiharga, K ^b   Miller, M J ^a   Tsukamoto, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Anguilla bicolor bicolor; Growth; Indian Ocean; Leptocephali; Migration; Otolith

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA BICOLOR BICOLOR; ANGUILLA CELEBESENSIS; ANGUILLA MALGUMORA;

EID: 33846850140     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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