Body length estimation of the European eel Anguilla Anguilla on the basis of isolated skeletal elements

Cybium

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-562

  Thieren, Els ^a,b   Wouters, Wim ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^a,b   Ervynck, Anton ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Flanders Heritage   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Archaeozoology; Body length estimations; Ecology; European eel; Osteometry

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875646363     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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