Early life history of the American conger eel (Conger oceanicus) as revealed by otolith microstructure and microchemistry of metamorphosing leptocephali

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 477-488

  Correia, A T ^a,b   Able, K W ^c   Antunes, C ^a   Coimbra, J ^a,b  

^a Rua Dos Bragas 177   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Rutgers University Marine Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EEL; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIGRATION;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER; CONGER OCEANICUS; PISCES;

EID: 4644254518     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1349-z     Document Type: Article

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