Relationship between locomotor activity, environmental factors, and timing of the spawning migration in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Durif, Caroline M F ^a,b,d   Travade, Francois ^c   Rives, Jacques ^d   Elie, Pierre ^d   Gosset, Claude ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Atlantic Ocean; Downstream migration; Environmental factors; Locomotor activity; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION; PH; PREDICTION; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 46749141341     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008031     Document Type: Article

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