Swimbladder function and the spawning migration of the European eel Anguilla anguilla

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Pelster, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; European eel; Gas gland cells; Rete mirabile; Spawning migration; Swimbladder function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926454119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00486     Document Type: Review

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