Decline in non-native freshwater eels in Japan: Ecology and future perspectives

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-358

  Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Zhang, Huan ^b   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Kotake, Aya ^c   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Oka, Hideo P ^d   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a,c  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Minato ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Aquaculture; Distribution; Import; Intentional release; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BODY SIZE; EEL; FRESHWATER; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 38349164792     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9205-x     Document Type: Article

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