Interaction between Halobatrachus didactylus and Anguilla anguilla: What happens when these species occur in sympatry?

• Main Authors: Costa, Jose Lino, Domingos, Isabel, Almeida, Armando Jorge, Feunteun, Eric, Costa, Maria Jose
• Other Authors: Biologie des organismes marins et écosystèmes (BOME), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: Batrachoididae; Anguillidae; Anguilla anguilla; Halobatrachus didactylus; Lusitanian toadfish; European eel; Portugal; Mira estuary; spatial segregation; trophic relations; [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Symbiosis; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Mira
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00343713

International audience The Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus, and the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, are benthic fish species, which occur in sympatry in the southern Iberian Peninsula and north-west Africa. The consequences of this sympatry were evaluated through the analysis of distr...