Numerical simulation to resolve the issue of downstream migration of the Japanese eel

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 1999, Pages 303-306

  Kimura, Shingo ^a   Döös, Kristofer ^b   Coward, Andrew C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Japanese eel; Larval migration; North Equatorial Current; Numerical simulation; OCCAM

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0344172551     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps186303     Document Type: Article

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