Facultative catadromy in American eels: Testing the conditional strategy hypothesis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 344, Issue , 2007, Pages 219-229

  Thibault, Isabel ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^a   Caron, François ^b   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^c   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^d   Shiao, Jen Chieh ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amphidromy; Anguilla rostrata; Biological characteristics; Catadromy; Conditional strategy; Growth; Migratory patterns; Otolith microchemistry

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CATADROMY; EEL; GROWTH RATE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT JEAN RIVER;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 34748829993     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06944     Document Type: Article

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