Time series analysis of Taiwanese catch data of Japanese glass eels Anguilla japonica: Possible effects of the reproductive cycle and El Niño events

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 632-639

  Han, Yu San ^a   Tzeng, Wann Nian ^a   Liao, I Chiu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ENSO; Glass eel catch; Japanese eel; Reproductive cycle; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649308810     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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