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Ontogenetic changes in feeding performance in dimorphic European eel (Anguilla anguilla): implications for artificial rearing and conservation.
Code
01D23012
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
    • Genetics
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
Keywords
ontogeny preleptocephali Anguilla anguilla head-dimorphism morphology
 
Project description
 

The earliest stages of eel larvae are investigated in order to answer questions with regard to how, when and why broad- and narrowheaded (pre)adult eels occur in natural populations. Additionally, the effect of a possible difference in pollutant intake, due to this dimorphism, on the reproductive succes of adult eels is investigated as well.