Role of eel odour on the efficiency of an eel, Anguilla anguilla, ladder and trap

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 473-477

  Briand, Cédric ^a   Fatin, Denis ^a   Legault, Antoine ^b  

^a Institution d'Amenagement de la Vilaine   (France)

^b Fish Pass   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chemoreception; Elver; Glass eel; Orientation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHEMORECEPTION; EEL; ODOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 7944238588     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021172803705     Document Type: Article

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