Studies on the biology of juvenile European eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) in Irish rivers

• Main Author: Egan, Fintan
• Other Authors: McCarthy, Thomas K., Electricity Supply Board (ESB) Fisheries Conservation
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Anguilla; Anguillicola crassus; Conservation; Environmental Factors; Fish Passage; Hydroelectric Dams; Juvenile Eel; Migration; Management; Recruitment; Traps; Weir; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/3703

Over the past three decades recruitment of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) to inland waters has declined by more than 95%. The causes of this decline are still unclear although a number of factors are thought to have a contributory effect including pollution, habitat loss, climatic changes in th...