Why is recruitment of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, declining in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf ?

We critically review four potential causes of a drastic decline in juvenile American eels, Anguilla rostrata, recruiting to Lake Ontario (81-fold decline from 1985 to 1992) and in juvenile eel dens...

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