Growth and survival of eel leptocephali (Anguilla japonica) in low-salinity water

Aquaculture

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 367-372

  Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Kaneko, Toyoji ^c   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a,b  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Freshwater eel; Japanese eel; Osmoregulation; Seed production; Swimming activity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRACKISH WATER; EEL; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; OSMOREGULATION; REARING; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEED PRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; WATER QUALITY;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 77951642570     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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