Decreasing eel stocks: Survival of the fattest?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-214

  Belpaire, C G J ^a   Goemans, G ^a   Geeraerts, C ^a   Quataert, P ^a   Parmentier, K ^b   Hagel, P ^c   De Boer, J ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Contamination; Fat reserve; Migration; Reproduction; Stock decline

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 70350346534     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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