Behavioral study of downstream migrating eels by radio-telemetry at a small hydroelectric power plant

• Main Authors: Durif, Caroline, Elie, Pierre, Gosset, Claude, Rives, Jacques, Travade, F.
• Other Authors: Ressources aquatiques continentales (UR RABX), Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF), Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons (ECOBIOP), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), EDF (EDF)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2000
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02582738

Eels, because of their size and life cycle, are among the most vulnerable species regarding the presence of obstacles on waterways. During a study of the efficiency of two types of fish passes, the behavior of migrating European eels Anguilla anguilla was investigated using telemetry and trapping at a small hydroelectric power plant (southwest of France).