Sex-dependent habitat use by the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in Taiwan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 193-198

  Yu, San Han ^a   Wann, Nian Tzeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Japanese eel; Otolith Sr:Ca ratio; Sex differentiation; Sex dependent habitat use

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EEL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STRONTIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOPING RIVER; TAIWAN;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 34250881117     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338193     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Campana SE (1999) Chemistry and composition of fish otoliths: pathways, mechanisms, and applications. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 188:263-297
2. Cheng PW, Tzeng WN (1996) Timing of metamorphosis and estuarine arrival across the dispersal range of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 131:87-96
3. Colombo G, Grandi G (1996) Histological study of the development and sex differentiation of the gonad in the European eel. J Fish Biol 48:493-512
4. Docker MF, Beamish FWH (1994) Age, growth, and sex ratio among populations of least brook lamprey, Lampetra aepyptera, larvae: an argument for environmental sex determination. Environ Biol Fishes 41:191-205
5. Han YS, Tzeng WN (2006) Sex ratio as a means of resource assessment for the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica: a case study in the Kaoping River of Taiwan, Zool Stud 45:255-263
6. Han YS, Liao IC, Huang YS, He JT, Chang CW, Tzeng WN (2003a) Synchronous changes of morphology and gonadal development of silvering Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Aquaculture 219:783-796
7. Han YS, Yu JYL, Liao IC, Tzeng WN (2003b) Salinity preference of silvering Japanese eel Anguilla japonica: evidence from pituitary prolactin mRNA levels and otolith strontium:calcium ratios. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 259:253-261
8. Helfman GS, Facey DE, Stanton HL, Bozeman EL (1987) Reproductive ecology of the American eel. Am Fish Soc Symp 1:42-56
9. Holmgren K (1996) Effect of water temperature and growth variation on the sex ratio of experimentally reared eels. Ecol Freshw Fish 5:203-212
10. Holmgren K, Mosegaard H (1996) Implications of individual growth status on the future sex of the European eel. J Fish Biol 49:910-925
11. Jessop BM, Shiao JC, Iizuka Y, Tzeng WN (2004) Variation in the annual growth, by sex and migration history, of silver American eels Anguilla rostrata. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 272:231-244
12. Kotake A, Arai T, Ozawa T, Nojima S, Miller MJ, Tsukamoto K (2003) Variation in migratory history of Japanese eels, Anguilla japonica, collected in coastal waters of the Amakusa Islands, Japan, inferred from otolith Sr/Ca ratios. PSZN I: Mar Ecol 142:849-854
13. Kotake A, Okamura A, Yamada Y, Utoh T, Arai T, Miller MJ, Oka HP, Tsukamoto K (2005) Seasonal variation in the migratory history of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in Mikawa Bay, Japan. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 293:213-221
14. Krueger W, Oliveira K (1999) Evidence for environmental sex determination in the American eel, Anguilla rostrata. Environ Biol Fishes 55:381-389
15. Matsui I (1972) Unagigaku: eel biology. Kosei-sha Kosei-Kaku, Tokyo
16. Oliveira K (1999) Life history characteristics and strategies of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 56:795-802
17. Oliveira K, McCleave JD, Wippelhauser GS (2001) Regional variation and the effect of lake:river area on sex distribution of American eels. J Fish Biol 58:943-952
18. Parsons J, Vickers KU, Warden Y (1977) Relationship between elver recruitment and changes in the sex ratio of silver eels Anguilla anguilla L. migrating from Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. J Fish Biol 10:211-229
19. Sinha VRP, Jones JW (1967) On the age and growth of the freshwater eel (Anguilla anguilla). J Zool 153:119-137
20. Tesch FW (2003) The eel. Blackwell Science, Oxford
21. Tsukamoto K (2006) Spawning of eels near a seamount: tiny transparent larvae of the Japanese eel collected in the open ocean reveal a strategic spawning site. Nature 493:929
22. Tsukamoto K, Arai T (2001) Facultative catadromy of the eel Anguilla japonica between freshwater and seawater habitats. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 220:265-276
23. Tsukamoto K, Nak I, Tesch WV (1998) Do all freshwater eels migrate? Nature 396:635-636
24. Tzeng WN, Severin KP, Wickstrom H (1997) Use of otolith microchemistry to investigate the environmental history of European eel Anguilla anguilla. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 149:73-81
25. Tzeng WN, Severin KP, Wickström H, Wang CH (1999) Strontium bands in relation to age marks in otoliths of European eel Anguilla anguilla. Zool Stud 28:452-457
26. Tzeng WN, Lin HR, Wang CH, Xu SN (2000) Differences in size and growth rates of male and female migrating Japanese eels in Pearl River, China. J Fish Biol 57:1245-1253
27. Tzeng WN, Shiao JC, Iizuka Y (2002a) Use of otolith Sr:Ca ratios to study the riverine migratory behaviors of Japanese eel Anguila japonica. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 245:213-221
28. Tzeng WN, Han YS, He JT (2002b) The sex ratios and growth strategies of wild and captive Japanese eels Anguilla japonica. In: Small B, MacKinlay D (eds) Developments in understanding fish growth. Symp Proc Int Congr Biol Fish, Vancouver, Canada, p 25-42
29. Tzeng WN, Iizuka Y, Shiao JC, Yamada Y, Oka H (2003) Identification and growth rates comparison of divergent migratory contingents of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). Aquaculture 216:77-86
30. Vøllestad LA, Jonsson B, (1986) Life-history characteristics of the European eel Anguilla anguilla in the Imsa River, Norway. Trans Am Fish Soc 115:864-871