Eels (Anguilla anguilla (L.)) of the lower River Shannon, with particular reference to seasonality in their activity and feeding ecology

Biology and Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-94

  Cullen, P ^a   McCarthy, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; SALMONIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34848825656     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2007.107.2.87     Document Type: Article

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