Estimates of the mortality and the duration of the trans-Atlantic migration of European eel Anguilla anguilla leptocephali using a particle tracking model

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1891-1914

  Bonhommeau, S ^a,b   Le Pape, O ^a   Gascuel, D ^a   Blanke, B ^b   Treguier A M ^b   Grima, N ^b   Vermard, Y ^a   Castonguay, M ^c   Rivot, E ^a  

^a Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lagrangian modelling; Leptocephalus mortality; Migration duration

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EEL; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANGUILLA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARVA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 68349128237     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02298.x     Document Type: Article

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