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Growth, reproduction and death in lampreys and eels

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Fish Ecophysiology

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This chapter will focus on the European river lamprey, Lampetrafluviatilis, and on the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. Their life stories are dramatic, well studied, and still with challenging mysteries to be elucidated.

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Larsen, L.O., Dufour, S. (1993). Growth, reproduction and death in lampreys and eels. In: Rankin, J.C., Jensen, F.B. (eds) Fish Ecophysiology. Chapman & Hall Fish and Fisheries Series, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2304-4_3

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