FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Silver European eels health in Mediterranean habitats BT AF AMILHAT, Elsa FAZIO, Geraldine SIMON, Gael MANETTI, Marc PARIS, Severine DELAHAUT, Laurence FARRUGIO, Henri LECOMTE-FINIGER, Raymonde SASAL, Pierre FALIEX, Elisabeth AS 1:1,2;2:;3:1,2;4:1,2;5:3;6:3;7:4;8:1,2;9:5;10:1,2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:PDG-RBE-HM-RHSETE;8:;9:;10:; C1 Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Ctr Format & Rech Environm Mediterraneens, F-66860 Perpignan, France. CNRS, Ctr Format & Rech Environm Mediterraneens, UMR 5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France. Univ Reims, Unite Rech Interact Anim Environm, UFR Sci Exactes & Nat, F-51687 Reims, France. IFREMER, Lab Ressources Halieut, F-34203 Sete, France. CRIOBE, USR CNRS EPHE 3278, Papetoai Moorea, Fr Polynesia. C2 UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV REIMS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE CRIOBE, FRANCE SI SETE SE PDG-RBE-HM-RHSETE IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 1.701 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00171/28252/26543.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Anguilla anguilla;Mediterranean lagoons;silver eel;contamination;spawner quality;pathogens AB The degradation in the quality of silver eel and their health could have been a major factor in the collapse of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) population. However, the health status of the spawners has been poorly studied until now. This study evaluated the quality of migrant male silver eels from four Mediterranean habitats in France presenting different degrees of contamination: Canet-Saint-Nazaire, Salses-Leucate and Bages-Sigean lagoons and La Berre River. We considered pathogens including Anguillicoloides crassus and EVEX virus and the concentration of chemical contaminants including PCBs, OCs and heavy metals. Our study results revealed different patterns of pollution and infection in the four habitats, with high individual variability. No single silver eel was free of pollution. Total dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and copper contaminations, as well as the Swim bladder Degenerative Index (induced by parasitism), were remarkably high in eels from Canet lagoon, while eels from Salses lagoon showed lower levels of contaminants and parasite infection. A non-negligible proportion of eels were strongly impacted with levels of contaminants/parasites that could potentially impair their migration and reproduction. Our study revealed low to moderate contamination levels compared with the other Mediterranean sites previously reported, except for high concentrations of DDTs and Cu in Canet lagoon. We discuss the contribution of these results in the context of possible implications for silver eels reproductive success and local eel population management. PY 2014 PD JAN SO Ecology Of Freshwater Fish SN 0906-6691 PU Wiley-blackwell VL 23 IS 1 UT 000328213900007 BP 49 EP 64 DI 10.1111/eff.12077 ID 28252 ER EF