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Biology of American Eels in Lake Champlain, Vermont
Author(s) -
Facey Douglas E.,
Labar George W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1981)110<396:boaeil>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - anguilla rostrata , crayfish , biology , fishery , range (aeronautics) , zoology , volume (thermodynamics) , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , composite material
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.