Impact of climate on eel populations of the Northern Hemisphere

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 373, Issue , 2008, Pages 71-80

  Bonhommeau, Sylvain ^a   Chassot, Emmanuel ^b   Planque, Benjamin ^c   Rivot, Etienne ^a   Knap, Anthony H ^d   Le Pape, Olivier ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Bottom up; Climate; Primary production; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; SURVIVAL;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 58849124604     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07696     Document Type: Article

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