American eel, Anguilla rostrata, growth in fresh and salt water: Implications for conservation and aquaculture

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-314

  Lamson, Heather M ^a,f   Cairns, D K ^b   Shiao, J C ^c   Iizuka, Y ^d   Tzeng, W N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Growth; Otoliths; Strontium:calcium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EEL; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OTOLITH; SALINITY; SALT WATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 67650664981     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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