Migratory life history of European eel Anguilla anguilla from freshwater regions of the River Asi, southern Turkey and their high otolith Sr:Ca ratios

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 860-868

  Lin, Y J ^a   Yalcin Ozdilek S ^b   Iizuka, Y ^c   Gumus A ^d   Tzeng, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Freshwater residence; Life history types; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RIVER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VESTIBULE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EELS; FEMALE; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; RIVERS; STRONTIUM; TURKEY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 79952234597     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02903.x     Document Type: Article

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