Rearing eel leptocephali (Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel) in a planktonkreisel

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-512

  Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Horita, Takushi ^b   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a,c  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b Toba Aquarium ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial reproduction; Carousel tank; Glass eel; Larviculture; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

EEL; LARVICULTURE; METAMORPHOSIS; REARING; REPRODUCTION;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 60649116705     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02127.x     Document Type: Article

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