The diet of large eels (Anguilla anguilla) in relation to food availability ...

• Main Authors: Dörner, Hendrik, Skov, Christian, Berg, Søren, Schulze, Torsten, Beare, Douglas, Van der Velde, Gerard
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2006 - Theme session J 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25258915; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_diet_of_large_eels_Anguilla_anguilla_in_relation_to_food_availability/25258915

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The aim of the present study was to analyse and compare the feeding behaviour of large eels Anguilla anguilla (> 30 cm total length) in two lakes of different environmental state and corresponding differences in food availability. Investigations were conducted in Lake Großer Vätersee, Germany (clear water, mesotrophic, submerged macrophytes present) and in Lake Vallum, Denmark (turbid, eutrophic, no submerged macrophytes). Fish were sampled regularly by electrofishing. We focused our study on diet patterns. ...