Inter and intra-estuary variability in ingress, condition and settlement of the American eel Anguilla rostrata: Implications for estimating and understanding recruitment

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1949-1969

  Sullivan, M C ^a,c   Wuenschel, M J ^b   Able, K W ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University Marine Field Station   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguillidae; Eel collector; Elver; Glass eel; Monitoring; New Jersey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EEL; MOON; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RIVER; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOON; NEW JERSEY; RIVERS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 68349144301     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02252.x     Document Type: Article

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