Comparative ecology of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L., 1758), in a large Iberian river

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-434

  Costa, José Lino ^a   Domingos, Isabel ^a   Assis, Carlos A ^a   Almeida, Pedro R ^a,b   Moreira, Francisco ^c   Feunteun, Eric ^d   Costa, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Brackish and freshwater; Dam impacts; Feeding and condition; Population structure; Tagus River

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRACKISH WATER; DAM; DOMINANCE; EEL; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS BASIN;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 39749086128     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9229-2     Document Type: Article

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