A long‐term study of population characteristics and downstream migrations of the European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) and the effects of a migration barrier in the Girnock Burn, north‐east Scotland

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Chadwick, S., Knights, B., Thorley, J. L., Bark, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Dee; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01439.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2007.01439.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01439.x

Downstream migrations and population characteristics of eels Anguilla anguilla were studied between 1967–1982 and 2002–2005 using a fish trap and electrofishing in the Girnock Burn, a small oligotrophic upland sub‐catchment of the River Dee, north‐east Scotland, 70 km from the tidal limit. In limite...