Just go with the flow? Route selection and mortality during downstream migration of silver eels in relation to river discharge

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1437-1443

  Jansen, Henrice M ^a   Winter, Hendrik V ^a   Bruijs, Maarten C M ^b   Polman, Harry J G ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KEMA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Hydropower; Individual eel behaviour; Migration; Radio telemetry; River discharge; Route selection; Silver eels

Indexed keywords

EEL; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; TELEMETRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 35948981735     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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