Disrupted downstream migration behaviour of European silver eels (Anguilla anguilla, L.) in an obstructed river

• Published in: Environmental Biology of Fishes
• Main Authors: Besson, Marc L., Trancart, Thomas, Acou, Anthony, Charrier, Fabien, Mazel, Virgile, Legault, Antoine, Feunteun, Eric
• Other Authors: École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement (CRIOBE), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Fish Pass
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Migration delay; Acoustic telemetry; Fragmented river; Dam; European eel; [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment; Joli; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://univ-perp.hal.science/hal-01358641; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-016-0522-9

International audience In the European eel (Anguilla anguilla, L.), the steep decline of reproductive silver eels is partly due to disorientation and mortality during their downstream migration, when facing turbines, but also reservoirs and dams. In the Frémur, an obstructed river in Brittany, which...