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J Fish Biol
; 74(9): 2132-8, 2009 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20735692
ABSTRACT
Mortality of eels Anguilla anguilla in a large shallow lake in France due to predation by the cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo was found to be moderate when compared to fishery catches over a 9 year period. The results show that, contrary to previous extrapolations made at the pan-European scale, P. carbo predation in shallow lakes is not invariably a major contributor to A. anguilla mortality, even in the presence of large colonies.