Vital population statistics based on length frequency analysis of the exploited Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) stock in the Kao-Ping River, southern Taiwan

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Lin, Y J ^a   Tzeng, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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ANGUILLA JAPONICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77954236762     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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