Patterns of silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) sex ratio in a catchment

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 583-588

  Laffaille, P ^a   Acou, A ^a   Guillouet J ^b   Mounaix, B ^b   Legault, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Fish Pass   (France)

Author keywords

Downstream migration; Eel passes; Environmental sex determination; European eel; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EEL; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; FREMUR RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 33751026995     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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