Atmospheric depression as the final trigger for the seaward migration of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 234, Issue , 2002, Pages 281-288

  Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Akazawa, Atsushi ^a   Oka, Hideo P ^a  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Atmospheric depression; Lunar cycle; Seaward migration; Silver eel; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0037014017     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps234281     Document Type: Article

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