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@article{Silva2012DownstreamMA,
  title={Downstream migration and hematophagous feeding of newly metamorphosed sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758)},
  author={Sergio Silva and Mar{\'i}a J. Servia and Rufino Vieira-Lanero and Fernando Cobo},
  journal={Hydrobiologia},
  year={2012},
  volume={700},
  pages={277-286},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:16752713}
}

Results show that downstream migration occurs between October and May with a peak in March, and suggest that part of the postmetamorphic lampreys start the hematophagous feeding in the river, with a special affinity for anadromous species, probably because of their larger size.

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