Is European catfish a threat to eels in southern France?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-281

  Martino, Aurelia ^a   Syväranta, Jari ^a,b   Crivelli, Alain ^c   Cereghino, Regis ^a   Santoul, Frederic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Camargue; Conservation; European catfish; European eel; Gut contents; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; EEL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; INVASIVE SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OMNIVORY; OVERFISHING; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; SILURUS GLANIS;

EID: 79956199613     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1177     Document Type: Article

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