Positive buoyancy in eel leptocephali: An adaptation for life in the ocean surface layer

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 835-846

  Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a,b   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^b   Okamura, Akihiro ^b   Kaneko, Toyoji ^c   Tanaka, Hideki ^d   Miller, Michael J ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^b   Mikawa, Naomi ^b   Utoh, Tomoko ^b   Tanaka, Satoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BODY FLUID; BUOYANCY; CHLORIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EEL; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; OSMOREGULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEA SURFACE; SURVIVAL;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349213642     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1123-8     Document Type: Article

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