Validation of the occurrence of the American eel Anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur, 1817) in free-draining European inland waters

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1309

  Frankowski, Jens ^a   Jennerich, Sabine ^b   Schaarschmidt, Thomas ^c   Ubl, Claus ^d   Jürss, Karl ^a   Bastrop, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Association Fish and Environment   (Germany)

^c Aquarium Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts   (Germany)

^d State Research Centre Mecklenburg Vorpommern   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Anguilla rostrata; Biological invasion; Molecular markers; PCR RFLP; Species identification

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EEL; GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 67349221239     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9337-8     Document Type: Article

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