The eel in Morocco: A resource on the edge?

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-221

  Sabatié, Richard ^a   Fontenelle, G ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Fisheries; Glass eel; Habitat; Morocco; Oceanic migration

Indexed keywords

EEL; EXPLOITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 43849110750     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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