Temporal changes in European eel, Anguilla anguilla, stocks in a small catchment after installation of fish passes

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-129

  Laffaille, P ^a,b   Acou, A ^c   Guillouet J ^a   Legault, A ^a  

^a Fish Pass   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Equipe Biodiversite Fonctionnelle   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Anguilla; Eel passes; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EEL; FISHPASS STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRETAGNE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; FREMUR RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 16344371279     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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