Effect of El Niño on migration and larval transport of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1387-1395

  Kim, Heeyong ^a   Kimura, Shingo ^a   Shinoda, Akira ^a   Kitagawa, Takashi ^a   Sasai, Yoshikazu ^b   Sasaki, Hideharu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Japanese eel; Larval migration; Mesoscale eddy; NEC bifurcation; Salinity front

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; EEL; EL NINO; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIGRATION; SALINITY; SPAWNING GROUND;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; MINDANAO; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 35948938471     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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