Elver invasion, population structure and growth of marbled eels Anguilla marmorata in a tropical river on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-348

  Robinet, Tony ^a   Guyet, Sylvie ^b   Marquet, Gérard ^c   Mounaix, Béatrice ^d   Olivier, Jean Michel ^e   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^f   Valade, Pierre ^g   Feunteun, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Collège Henri Wallon ^*  (France)

^c Bureau Expert Gestion Piscicole ^*  (France)

^d Fish Pass   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g Centre des Eaux Douces   (France)

Author keywords

Anadromy; Invasion patterns; Tropical; Upstream migration

Indexed keywords

EEL; GROWTH; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; RIVER;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAT RIVER; REUNION;

ANGUILLA MARMORATA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0346336910     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000005761.51686.f7     Document Type: Article

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