The Diet of Large Eels (Anguilla anguilla) in Relation to Food Availability

Institutions: Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Dept. Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Berlin, Germany 2 European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), AGRIFISH Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Dept. of Inland Fisheries, Silkeborg, Denmark Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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