Evidence of marine mammal predation of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) on its marine migration

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-38

  Wahlberg, Magnus ^a   Westerberg, Håkan ^b   Aarestrup, Kim ^c   Feunteun, Eric ^d   Gargan, Paddy ^e   Righton, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e INLAND FISHERIES IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archival tag; Diving behavior; Eel; Predation; Toothed whale predator

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL TAG; DIVING BEHAVIOR; EEL; PREDATION; TOOTHED WHALE PREDATOR;

MAMMALS;

DIVING BEHAVIOR; EEL; MARINE MAMMAL; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MIGRATION; PREDATION; TAGGING; WHALE;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; ATLANTIC COAST [IRELAND]; FRANCE; IRELAND;

EID: 84893432599     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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