Sex differentiation of the European eel in brackish and freshwater environments: a comparative analysis

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Melià, Paco, Bevacqua, Danièle, Crivelli, Alain Jean, Panfili, Jacques, de Leo, Giulio Alessandro, Gatto, Marino
• Other Authors: Politecnico di Milano Milan (POLIMI), Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD Sénégal ), Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma (UNIPR)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: body growth; european eel; sex differentiation; anguilla anguilla; [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02665418; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01170.x

International audience Body growth parameters, age and total length at sex differentiation were compared in three European eel Anguilla anguilla populations from Mediterranean sites with different salinity. Whilst body growth was faster in brackish than in freshwater environments, the present analysis shows that body size at sex differentiation might be a physiological invariant.