A synthesis of the ecological processes influencing variation in life history and movement patterns of American eel: Towards a global assessment

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-186

  Vélez Espino, Luis A ^a,b   Koops, Marten A ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic productivity; Catadromy; Conditional strategies; Eel; Large marine ecosystems; Panmixis; Population dynamics; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

CATADROMY; ECOLOGY; EEL; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 77952291833     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-009-9127-0     Document Type: Review

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