Evaluation of relative distance as new descriptor of yellow European eel spatial distribution

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-527

  Imbert, H ^a   De Lavergne, S ^a   Gayou, F ^b   Rigaud, C ^a   Lambert, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Office National de l'Eau et des Milieux Aquatiques (ONEMA)   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Generalized linear models; Relative distance; Spatial distribution; Tidal distance; Yellow eel

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 55949124198     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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