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1.Friday’s 🧵is all about Eels. The species we have in 🇮🇪 is Anguilla anguilla, the #EuropeanEel, not to be confused with other Anguilla species (such as the American eel), or indeed the mighty Congor eel (Congor congor). The photo is a bit blurred because....😱 
2.European eel can be found in almost every stream and river in Europe, from the top of Norway, to the bottom of Spain, and also along the coast of North Africa
3. Eels are catadromous which means that they spawn in the sea, and then travel back to freshwater. (Anadromous species like salmon and trout spawn in freshwater before migrating to the sea) Thanks to Filipe Romão for this informative infographic
2018 is the 61st year of long term ecological research in Burrishoole #BurrishooleLTER @MarineInst. I'm going to pin this tweet here and at the end of every month add some phenological happenings 🌿🐛📈🐟💦🦆🦉🦇🕷🍃🌼🌙🌝❄️, including our main jobs. Stay tuned 👇🏼
@MarineInst This will coincide with our monthly staff meetings (last wed of each month) so I can get everyone's observations @FishEcoEvo @elizabethtray3 @B2020project
