Salinity-linked growth in anguillid eels and the paradox of temperate-zone catadromy

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2094-2114

  Cairns, D K ^a   Secor, D A ^b   Morrison, W E ^c   Hallett, J A ^d  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Diadromy; Geometric mean fitness; Otolith microchemistry

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; EEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SALINITY; UNITED STATES; VESTIBULE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NEW YORK; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEAWATER;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 67650701266     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02290.x     Document Type: Article

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