Variation in the demographic characteristics of yellow-phase Japanese eels in different habitats of the Hamana Lake system, Japan

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-652

  Yokouchi, K ^a   Aoyama, J ^a   Oka, H P ^b   Tsukamoto, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Anguilla japonica; Demography; Sex ratio; Yellow eel

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 56049097499     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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