Sub-sea power cables and the migration behaviour of the European eel

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 369-375

  Westerberg, Håkan ^a   Lagenfelt, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cables; Electromagnetic fields; Migration; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; BIOTELEMETRY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SUBMARINE CABLE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 54949087834     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00630.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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