Discovery of mature freshwater eels in the open ocean

Fisheries Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 257-259

  Chow, Seinen ^a   Kurogi, Hiroaki ^a   Mochioka, Noritaka ^b   Kaji, Shunji ^c   Okazaki, Makoto ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^d  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla; First catch; Freshwater eels; Matured males; Spawning area

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 67651091481     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-008-0017-5     Document Type: Article

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