Behaviour and passage of European silver eels (Anguilla anguilla) at a small hydropower plant during their downstream migration

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue 398, 2010, Pages

  Travade, F ^a   Larinier, M ^b   Subra, S ^a   Gomes, P ^b   De Oliveira, E ^a  

^a Research and Development Division   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Downstream migration; Hydroelectric plant; Radio tracking; Silver eel; Trashracks

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 79952034931     PISSN: 19619502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2010022     Document Type: Article

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