Estuarine habitat preferences of Anguilla australis and A. reinhardtii glass eels as inferred from laboratory experiments

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-402

  Silberschneider, Veronica ^a   Pease, Bruce C ^b   Booth, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anguillidae; Australia; longfin eel; shortfin eel

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; EEL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA REINHARDTII; ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; HALOPHILA;

EID: 9644279561     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-6589-8     Document Type: Article

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