Experimental study on glass eel behaviour: Influence of fish density and shelter availability;Étude expérimentale des comportements de civelles d'Anguilla anguilla L. influence de la densité et de la disponibilité en abris

BFPP - Bulletin Francais de la Peche et de la Protection des Milieux Aquatiques

Volumn , Issue 378-379, 2005, Pages 47-65

  Bardonnet, A ^a   Rigaud, C ^b   Labonne, J ^a  

^a Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Glass eel; Growth; Inter individual relationships; Movements; Shelter; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646048776     PISSN: 12976318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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