Biology of American Eels in Lake Champlain, Vermont
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 110 (3) , 396-402
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1981)110<396:boaeil>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The lengths of 426 American eels Anguilla rostrata sampled in Lake Champlain were 43–90 cm with a mean of 67 cm. Mean age of 416 eels was 15.9 years with a range of from 8 to 23 years. The weight of 427 eels was between 120 and 1,665 g with a mean of 638 g. Insects appeared in 43% of the 279 stomachs that contained food, but accounted for only 10% of the total volume. Fishes and crayfish each were present in 26% of the stomachs and accounted for 38% and 30% of the total volume, respectively. All of 356 eels examined were females.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) in Eastern Lake OntarioJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1972