Attraction of migrating glass eel (Anguilla anguilla) by freshwater flows from water pumping stations in an urbanized delta system

Coupling of transmural flows of NaCl and water in the intestine of the eel (Anguilla anguilla).

European eel Anguilla anguilla to thermal stress

The changes in bacteriolytic and proteolytic activities of skin cathepsins L and B were studied Ž . in thermal-stressed European eel Anguilla anguilla . When fish were kept in 108C water, all activities increased to reach maximum levels at Day 8 with varying increasing rates of 3.0 Ž . Ž . Ž . proteolysis , 4.2 lysis of FlaÕobacterium columnare , 5.7 lysis of Vibrio anguillarum and 7.8 Ž . lysi...

Tolerance of chronic hypercapnia by the European eel Anguilla anguilla.

European eels were exposed for 6 weeks to water CO(2) partial pressures (P(CO)(2)) from ambient (approx. 0.8 mmHg), through 15+/-1 mmHg and 30+/-1 mmHg to 45+/-1 mmHg in water with a total hardness of 240 mg l(-1) as CaCO(3), pH 8.2, at 23+/-1 degrees C. Arterial plasma P(CO)(2) equilibrated at approximately 2 mmHg above water P(CO)(2) in all groups, and plasma bicarbonate accumulated up to 72 ...

Response of seaward-migrating European eel (Anguilla anguilla) to manipulated flow fields

Anthropogenic structures (e.g. weirs and dams) fragment river networks and restrict the movement of migratory fish. Poor understanding of behavioural response to hydrodynamic cues at structures currently limits the development of effective barrier mitigation measures. This study aimed to assess the effect of flow constriction and associated flow patterns on eel behaviour during downstream migra...

Towards a standardized characterization of the potentially migrating silver European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)

We defined a standardized method for discriminating candidate silver eels that may undergo catadromous migration in the following season from the sedentary fraction of a population. A combination of two qualitative criteria (state of differentiation of the lateral line and colour contrast) and one quantitative criterion (Ocular Index OI) was used to determine the development toward silvering. I...