title: Effects of commercial fishing and predation by cormorants on the Anguilla anguilla stock of a shallow eutrophic lake.
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.
authors.affiliation: UMR 6553 ECOBIO, CNRS-University of Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France. alexandre.carpentier@univ-rennes1.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carpentier
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marion
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Paillisson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feunteun
mesh_terms: D000811:Anguilla; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D017753:Ecosystem; D005398:Fisheries; D005602:France; D005618:Fresh Water; D011156:Population Density; D011235:Predatory Behavior