Predicting downstream migration of silver eels in a large river catchment based on commercial fishery data

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-137

  Durif, Caroline M F ^a,b   Elie, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Downstream migration; Environmental factors; Fishery data

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 40949155179     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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