Estimation of larval duration in Anguilla spp., based on cohort analysis, otolith microstructure, and Lagrangian simulations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 438, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-228

  Zenimoto, Kei ^a   Sasai, Yoshikazu ^b   Sasaki, Hideharu ^b   Kimura, Shingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Anguilla Anguilla; Anguilla japonica; European eel; Japanese eel; Lagrangian simulation; Larval duration; Otolith

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EEL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MICROSTRUCTURE; OTOLITH; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 80053599960     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09255     Document Type: Article

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