A silvering index for the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-89

  Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Yokouchi, Kazuki ^b   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^b  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coloration; Index; Japanese eel; Metamorphosis; Silver eels; Silvering; Staging; Yellow eels

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR MORPH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EEL; INDEX METHOD; MELANIN; METAMORPHOSIS; ONTOGENY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AICHI; ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIKAWA BAY;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 34547807749     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9121-5     Document Type: Article

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