Do otolith annular structures correspond to the first freshwater entry for yellow European eels Anguilla anguilla in the Baltic countries?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2709-2722

  Lin, Y J ^a   Shiao, J C ^b   Lozys L ^c   Plikss M ^d   Minde, A ^d   Iizuka, Y ^e   Rasals I ^f   Tzeng, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d Latvian Fish Resources Agency   (Latvia)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Annulus; Habitat change; Otolith; Sr:Ca ratios

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; VESTIBULE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SEASONS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 75149133248     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02471.x     Document Type: Article

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