Point sampling the abundance of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in freshwater areas

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-98

  Laffaille, Pascal ^a,b   Briand, Cédric ^c   Fatin, Denis ^c   Lafage, Denis ^b   Lasne, Emilien ^b  

^a Fish Pass   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Institution d'Amenagement de la Vilaine   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Electrofishing; Methodology; Monitoring; Stock

Indexed keywords

EEL; ELECTROFISHING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 13544253522     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0162-0091     Document Type: Article

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