Habitat preferences of different European eel size classes in a reclaimed marsh: A contribution to species and ecosystem conservation

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 642-651

  Laffaille, Pascal ^a,b   Baisez, Aurore ^b,c   Rigaud, Christian ^c   Feunteun, Eric ^b,d  

^a Fish Pass   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Anthropic disturbances; Habitat; Reclaimed marsh; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

EEL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARSH; MICROHABITAT; RECLAIMED LAND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 16344382376     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0642:HPODEE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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