Estuarine habitat use by Hudson River American eels as determined by otolith strontium:calcium ratios

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2003, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 87-99

  Morrison, Wendy E ^a   Secor, David H ^b   Piccoli, Philip M ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 24344458076     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Arai, T., T. Otake, and K. Tsukamoto. 2000. Timing of metamorphosis, and larval segregation of the Atlantic eels Anguilla rostrata and A. anguilla, as revealed by otolith microstructure, and microchemistry. Marine Biology 137:39-45.
2. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2000. Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Eel. Fishery Management Report No. 36. Washington, D.C.
3. Bozeman, E. L., G. S. Helfman, and T. Richardson. 1985. Population size and home range of American eels in a Georgia tidal creek. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 114:821-825.
4. Casselman, J. M., L. A. Marcogliese, and P. V. Hodson. 1997. Recruitment index for the upper St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario eel stock: a re-examination of eel passage at the R. H. Saunders hydroelectric generating station at Cornwall, Ontario, 1974-1995. Pages 161-169 in R.H. Peterson, editor. The American Eel in Eastern Canada: Stock Status and Management Strategies. Proceedings of Eel Workshop, January 13-14, 1997. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
5. Cieri, M. D., and J. D. McCleave. 2000. Discrepancies between otoliths of larvae, and juveniles of the American eel: is something fishy happening at metamorphosis? Journal of Fish Biology 57:1189-1. 198.
6. Clark, J. 1968. Seasonal movements of striped bass contingents of Long Island Sound and the New York Bight. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 97:320-343.
7. Dovel, W. L., A. W. Pekovitch, and T. J. Berggren. 1992. Biology of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Hudson River Estuary, New York. Pages 187-216 in Lavett C. Smith, editor. Estuarine Research in the 1980s. The Hudson River Environmental Society Seventh Symposium on Hudson River Ecology. State University of New York Press, Albany, New York.
8. Ford, T. E., and E. Mercer. 1986. Density, size distribution and home range of American eels, Anguilla rostrata, in a Massachusetts salt marsh. Environmental Biology of Fish 17:309-314.
9. Graynoth, E. 1999. Improved otolith preparation, ageing and back-calculation techniques for New Zealand freshwater eels. Fisheries Research 42:137-146.
10. Haro, A. J., and W. H. Krueger. 1991. Pigmentation, otolith rings, and upstream migration of juvenile American eels (Anguilla rostrata) in a coastal Rhode Island Stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:812-814.
11. Haro, A., W. Richkus, K. Whalen, A. Hoar, W.-D. Busch, S. Lary, T. Brush, and D. Dixon. 2000. Population decline of the American eel: Implications for research, and management. Fisheries 25:7-16.
12. Helfman, G. S., D. E. Facey, J. L. Stanton Hales, and J. Earl L. Bozeman. 1987. Reproductive ecology of the American eel. Pages 42-56 in M. J. Dadswell, R. J. Klauda, C. M. Moffitt, R. L. Saunders, R. A. Rulifson, and J. E. Cooper, editors. Common strategies of anadromous and catadromous fishes. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 1, Bethesda, Maryland.
13. Hjort, J. 1914. Fluctuations in the great fisheries of Northern Europe. Conseil Permanent International pour L'Exploration de la Mer 20:1-228.
14. Kawakami, Y., N. Mochioka, K. Morishita, T. Tajima, H. Nakagawa, H. Toh, and A. Nakazono. 1998a. Factors influencing otolith strontium/calcium ratios in Anguilla japonica elvers. Environmental Biology of Fish 52:299-303.
15. Kawakami, Y., N. Mochioka, K. Morishita, H. Toh, and A. Nakazono. 1998.b. Determination of the freshwater mark in otoliths of Japanese eel elvers using microstructure and Sr/Ca ratios. Environmental Biology of Fish 53:421-427.
16. LaBar, G. W., and D. E. Facey. 1983. Local movements and inshore population sizes of American eels in Lake Champlain, Vermont. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 112:111-116.
17. Michaud, M., J.-D. Dutil, and J. J. Dodson. 1988. Determination of the age of young American eels, Anguilla rostrata, in fresh water, based on otolith surface area and microstructure. Journal of Fish Biology 32:179-189.
18. Morrison, W. E. 2002. Demographics, dispersal, and relative abundance of Hudson River yellow-phase American eels. Thesis. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
19. National Marine Fisheries Service. 2000. Statistics, and Economics Division. Web site http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/commercial/landings/ annual_landings.htm.
20. Oliveira, K. 1997. Movements and growth rates of yellow-phase American eels in the Annaquatucket River, Rhode Island. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 126:638-646.
21. Oliveira, K. 1999. Life history characteristics and strategies of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata. Canadian Journal of Fish and Aquatic Sciences 56:795-802.
22. Otake, T., T. Ishii, T. Ishii, M. Nakahara, and R. Nakamura. 1997. Changes in otolith strontium:calcium ratios in metamorphosing Conger myriaster leptocephali. Marine Biology 128:586-572.
23. Otake, T., T. Ishii, M. Nakahara, and R. Nakamura. 1994. Drastic changes in otolith strontium/calcium ratios in leptocephali and glass eels of Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Marine Ecological Progress Series 112:189-193.
24. Parker, S. J., and J. D. McCleave. 1997. Selective tidal stream transport by American eels during homing movements and estuarine migration. Journal of Marine Biology 77:871-889.
25. Sadovy, Y., and K. P. Severin. 1994. Elemental patterns in red hind otoliths from Bermuda and Puerto-Rico reflect growth-rate, not temperature. Canadian Journal of Fish and Aquatic Sciences 51(1):133-141.
26. Secor, D. H., J. M. Dean, and E. H. Laban. 1991. Manual for otolith removal and preparation for microstructural examination. Univ. South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina.
27. Secor, D. H. 1999. Specifying divergent migrations in the concept of stock: the contingent hypothesis. Fisheries Research 43:13-34.
28. Secor, D. H., and J. Rooker. 2000. Is otolith strontium a useful scalar of life cycles in estuarine fishes? Fisheries Research 46:359-371.
29. Smith, M. W., and J. W. Saunders. 1955. The American eel in certain fresh waters of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Journal of Fish Research Board of Canada 12:238-269.
30. Tesch, E. W. 1977. The eel: Biology and management of anguillid eels. Chapman and Hall Ltd. Halsted Press, New York, New York.
31. Tzeng, W.-N. 1996. Effects of salinity and ontogenetic movements on strontium:calcium ratios in the otoliths of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica Temminck and Schlegel. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 199:111-122.
32. Tzeng, W. N., K. P. Severin, and H. Wickstrom. 1997. Use of otolith microchemistry to investigate the environmental history of European eel Anguilla anguilla. Marine Ecology Progress Series 149:73-81.
33. Tzeng, W. N., and Y. C. Tsai. 1994. Changes in otolith microchemistry of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, during its migration from the ocean to the rivers of Taiwan. Journal of Fish Biology 45:671-683.
34. Tzeng, W. N., C. H. Wang, H. Wickstrom, and M. Reizenstein. 2000. Occurrence of the semicatadromous European eel Anguilla anguilla in the Baltic Sea. Marine Biology 137:93-98.
35. Wang, C. H., and W. N. Tzeng. 2000. The timing of metamorphosis, and growth rates of American, and European eel leptocephali: A mechanism of larval segregative migration. Fisheries Research 46:191-205.