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PeerJ. 2018 Nov 06;6:e5773. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5773. eCollection 2018.

Unimodal head-width distribution of the European eel (.

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Pieterjan Verhelst, Jens De Meyer, Jan Reubens, Johan Coeck, Peter Goethals, Tom Moens, Ans Mouton

Affiliations

  1. Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
  2. Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels, Belgium.
  3. Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
  4. Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium.
  5. Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 30416881 PMCID: PMC6225841 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5773

Abstract

Since the early 20th century, European eels (

Keywords: Bimodality; Condition; Disruptive selection; European eel; Head dimorphism; Maturation stages; Speed; Telemetry; Unimodality

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

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