Life history of American eel Anguilla rostrata: New insights from otolith microchemistry

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-216

  Jessop, B M ^a   Cairns, D K ^a   Thibault, I ^b   Tzeng, W N ^c  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

American eel; Microchemistry; Migratory behavior; Otolith

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 48749092984     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00018     Document Type: Article

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