Spatial organisation of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in a small catchment

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 254-264

  Laffaille, Pascal ^a   Feunteun, E ^a   Baisez, A ^a   Robinet, T ^a   Acou, A ^a   Legault, A ^b   Lek, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Fish Pass   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Artificial neural networks; Microhabitat; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EEL; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; RIVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITTANY; FRANCE; FREMUR RIVER BASIN;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0344287207     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0633.2003.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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