Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea
Recent developments in tracking technology resulted in the mapping of various marine spawning migration routes of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). However, migration routes in the North Sea have rarely been studied, despite many large European rivers and hence potential eel growing habitat disc...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:27232 2023-05-15T13:27:38+02:00 Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea Verhelst, Pieterjan Reubens, Jan Coeck, Johan Moens, Tom Simon, Janek Van Wichelen, Jeroen Westerberg, Håkan Wysujack, Klaus Righton, David 2022 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27232/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27232/1/verhelst_p_et_al_.pdf en eng eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27232/1/verhelst_p_et_al_.pdf Verhelst, Pieterjan and Reubens, Jan and Coeck, Johan and Moens, Tom and Simon, Janek and Van Wichelen, Jeroen and Westerberg, Håkan and Wysujack, Klaus and Righton, David (2022). Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea. Scientific Reports. 12 :1 , 318 [Research article] Oceanography Hydrology Water Resources Ecology Research article NonPeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2022 ftslunivuppsala 2022-03-03T17:13:49Z Recent developments in tracking technology resulted in the mapping of various marine spawning migration routes of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). However, migration routes in the North Sea have rarely been studied, despite many large European rivers and hence potential eel growing habitat discharge into the North Sea. In this study, we present the most comprehensive map to date with migration routes by silver European eels in the North Sea and document for the first time successful eel migration through the English Channel. Migration tracks were reconstructed for 42 eels tagged in Belgium and 12 in Germany. Additionally, some eels moved up north to exit the North Sea over the British Isles, confirming the existence of two different routes, even for eels exiting from a single river catchment. Furthermore, we observed a wide range in migration speeds (6.8-45.2 km day(-1)). We hypothesize that these are likely attributed to water currents, with eels migrating through the English Channel being significantly faster than eels migrating northward. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anguilla anguilla Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
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Oceanography Hydrology Water Resources Ecology Verhelst, Pieterjan Reubens, Jan Coeck, Johan Moens, Tom Simon, Janek Van Wichelen, Jeroen Westerberg, Håkan Wysujack, Klaus Righton, David Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea |
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Recent developments in tracking technology resulted in the mapping of various marine spawning migration routes of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). However, migration routes in the North Sea have rarely been studied, despite many large European rivers and hence potential eel growing habitat discharge into the North Sea. In this study, we present the most comprehensive map to date with migration routes by silver European eels in the North Sea and document for the first time successful eel migration through the English Channel. Migration tracks were reconstructed for 42 eels tagged in Belgium and 12 in Germany. Additionally, some eels moved up north to exit the North Sea over the British Isles, confirming the existence of two different routes, even for eels exiting from a single river catchment. Furthermore, we observed a wide range in migration speeds (6.8-45.2 km day(-1)). We hypothesize that these are likely attributed to water currents, with eels migrating through the English Channel being significantly faster than eels migrating northward. |
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Verhelst, Pieterjan Reubens, Jan Coeck, Johan Moens, Tom Simon, Janek Van Wichelen, Jeroen Westerberg, Håkan Wysujack, Klaus Righton, David |
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Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea |
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Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea |
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Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27232/1/verhelst_p_et_al_.pdf Verhelst, Pieterjan and Reubens, Jan and Coeck, Johan and Moens, Tom and Simon, Janek and Van Wichelen, Jeroen and Westerberg, Håkan and Wysujack, Klaus and Righton, David (2022). Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea. Scientific Reports. 12 :1 , 318 [Research article] |
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