Relationship between the population dynamics of chironomidae and the condition factor of European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.) in Lake Võrtsjärv

Limnologica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-107

  Kangur, Andu ^a,b   Kangur, Külli ^a  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b Vortsjarv Limnological Stn ^*  (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biomass of Chironomidae; Condition factor of eel; Lake V rtsj rv

Indexed keywords

CONDITION FACTOR; EEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ESTONIA, LAKE VORTSJARV;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031878703     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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