Occurrence of estuarine and sea eels Anguilla japonica and a migrating silver eel Anguilla anguilla in the Tokyo Bay area, Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1197-1203

  Arai, Takaomi ^a   Chino, Naoko ^b   Kotake, Aya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Anguilla japonica; Habitat use; Migration; Otolith Sr:Ca ratios

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; CONGER CONGER;

EID: 70350342315     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-009-0153-6     Document Type: Article

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