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dc.contributor.authorMoriarty, C.
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-16T07:55:50Z
dc.date.available2011-06-16T07:55:50Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.identifier.citationMoriarty, C., "A population study of the eel Anguilla anguilla in Meelick Bay, Lough Derg", Irish Fisheries Bulletin, Department of Fisheries and Forestry 1983en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0332-4338
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10793/176
dc.description.abstractMonthly samples totalling 1,945 yellow eels were caught by fyke net in a small bay, area 100 hectares, of a large lake in 1981 and 1982. Catch per unit effort figures showed that population density varied between months and between specific areas of the bay. Most of the eels sampled (80%) measured between 34 cm and 54 cm. Ages of a sample of 168 specimens taken in 1979 ranged from 7 to 17 years, 80% from 8 to 13 years. Length frequencies were constant throughout the bay within months but showed changes between months. Recapture rate of 1,660 eels tagged was extremely low at 1.14%. The results showed that (1) when eel population density is being compared between years, it is necessary to define exactly the positions where sampling takes place and (2) the eel population in this bay was not resident but appeared to be undergoing constant change throughout the warm months of the year.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipFunder: Marine Institute
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherDepartment of Fisheries and Forestryen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrish Fisheries Bulletin;7
dc.subjecteel Anguilla anguillaen_GB
dc.subjectMeelick Bayen_GB
dc.subjectLough Dergen_GB
dc.titleA population study of the eel Anguilla anguilla in Meelick Bay, Lough Dergen_GB
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_GB
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