Code
01D23012
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
- Genetics
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
Keywords
ontogeny
preleptocephali
Anguilla anguilla
head-dimorphism
morphology
Project description
The earliest stages of eel larvae are investigated in order to answer questions with regard to how, when and why broad- and narrowheaded (pre)adult eels occur in natural populations. Additionally, the effect of a possible difference in pollutant intake, due to this dimorphism, on the reproductive succes of adult eels is investigated as well.