Anguilla marmorata larval migration plasticity as revealed by otolith microstructural analysis

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2127-2137

  Réveillac, Elodie ^a   Feunteun, Eric ^b   Berrebi, Patrick ^c   Gagnaire, Pierre Alexandre ^c   Lecomte Finiger, Raymonde ^d   Bosc, Pierre ^e   Robinet, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^e Association Reunionnaise de Developpement de l'Aquaculture ARDA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT RECRUITMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINFISH; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING DATE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OTOLITH;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAYOTTE; REUNION;

ANGUILLA MARMORATA;

EID: 54249103239     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-122     Document Type: Article

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