Spawning sites of the Japanese eel in relation to oceanographic structure and the West Mariana Ridge.

The Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, spawns within the North Equatorial Current that bifurcates into both northward and southward flows in its westward region, so its spawning location and larval transport dynamics seem important for understanding fluctuations in its recruitment to East Asia. Intens...

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Main Authors: Jun Aoyama, Shun Watanabe, Michael J Miller, Noritaka Mochioka, Tsuguo Otake, Tatsuki Yoshinaga, Katsumi Tsukamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3923831?pdf=render