Searching for the critically endangered European eel in oceanic islands: A pioneer study in the freshwater systems of Madeira, Macaronesia

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Órfão, Inês, Álvarez, Soledad, Ramalhosa, Patrício, González, Carlos, Vieira, Cristiano, Almeida, Silvia, Parretti, Paola, Freitas, Rúben, Radeta, Marko, Monteiro, Rui, Rocha, Ricardo, Domingos, Isabel, Canning‐Clode, João
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Santo Island; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4106; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.4106

Abstract The globally threatened European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ) is the only freshwater fish native to Macaronesia. Despite being a keystone species to freshwater habitats, little is known about its population, environmental associations and conservation requirements in oceanic islands. The densi...