Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea
It has been known for about a century that European eels have a unique life history that includes offshore spawning in the Sargasso Sea about 5000-7000 km away from their juvenile and adult habitats in Europe and northern Africa. Recently hatched eel larvae were historically collected during Danish,...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/4a3027e5-25a5-4823-a409-410cf27fbb89 2023-12-31T09:59:02+01:00 Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea Miller, Michael J. Westerberg, Håkan Sparholt, Henrik Wysujack, Klaus Sørensen, Sune R. Marohn, Lasse Jacobsen, Magnus W. Freese, Marko Ayala, Daniel J. Pohlmann, Jan Dag Svendsen, Jon C. Watanabe, Shun Andersen, Line Møller, Peter R. Tsukamoto, Katsumi Munk, Peter Hanel, Reinhold 2019-04 https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/spawning-by-the-european-eel-across-2000-km-of-the-sargasso-sea(4a3027e5-25a5-4823-a409-410cf27fbb89).html https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0835 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064721456&partnerID=8YFLogxK https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6501356/pdf/rsbl20180835.pdf eng eng https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/spawning-by-the-european-eel-across-2000-km-of-the-sargasso-sea(4a3027e5-25a5-4823-a409-410cf27fbb89).html info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Miller , M J , Westerberg , H , Sparholt , H , Wysujack , K , Sørensen , S R , Marohn , L , Jacobsen , M W , Freese , M , Ayala , D J , Pohlmann , J D , Svendsen , J C , Watanabe , S , Andersen , L , Møller , P R , Tsukamoto , K , Munk , P & Hanel , R 2019 , ' Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea ' , Biology Letters , vol. 15 , no. 4 , 20180835 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0835 Anguilla anguilla leptocephali migration ocean fronts Sargasso Sea spawning area article 2019 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0835 2023-12-07T00:03:27Z It has been known for about a century that European eels have a unique life history that includes offshore spawning in the Sargasso Sea about 5000-7000 km away from their juvenile and adult habitats in Europe and northern Africa. Recently hatched eel larvae were historically collected during Danish, German and American surveys in specific areas in the southern Sargasso Sea. During a 31 day period of March and April 2014, Danish and German research ships sampled for European eel larvae along 15 alternating transects of stations across the Sargasso Sea. The collection of recently hatched eel larvae (≤12 mm) from 70° W and eastward to 50° W showed that the European eel had been spawning across a 2000 km wide region of the North Atlantic Ocean. Historical collections made from 1921 to 2007 showed that small larvae had also previously been collected in this wide longitudinal zone, showing that the spatial extent of spawning has not diminished in recent decades, irrespective of the dramatic decline in recruitment. The use of such a wide spawning area may be related to variations in the onset of the silver eel spawning migration, individual differences in their long-term swimming ability, or aspects of larval drift. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anguilla anguilla North Atlantic Aarhus University: Research Biology Letters 15 4 20180835 |
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It has been known for about a century that European eels have a unique life history that includes offshore spawning in the Sargasso Sea about 5000-7000 km away from their juvenile and adult habitats in Europe and northern Africa. Recently hatched eel larvae were historically collected during Danish, German and American surveys in specific areas in the southern Sargasso Sea. During a 31 day period of March and April 2014, Danish and German research ships sampled for European eel larvae along 15 alternating transects of stations across the Sargasso Sea. The collection of recently hatched eel larvae (≤12 mm) from 70° W and eastward to 50° W showed that the European eel had been spawning across a 2000 km wide region of the North Atlantic Ocean. Historical collections made from 1921 to 2007 showed that small larvae had also previously been collected in this wide longitudinal zone, showing that the spatial extent of spawning has not diminished in recent decades, irrespective of the dramatic decline in recruitment. The use of such a wide spawning area may be related to variations in the onset of the silver eel spawning migration, individual differences in their long-term swimming ability, or aspects of larval drift. |
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Miller, Michael J. Westerberg, Håkan Sparholt, Henrik Wysujack, Klaus Sørensen, Sune R. Marohn, Lasse Jacobsen, Magnus W. Freese, Marko Ayala, Daniel J. Pohlmann, Jan Dag Svendsen, Jon C. Watanabe, Shun Andersen, Line Møller, Peter R. Tsukamoto, Katsumi Munk, Peter Hanel, Reinhold |
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Miller, Michael J. Westerberg, Håkan Sparholt, Henrik Wysujack, Klaus Sørensen, Sune R. Marohn, Lasse Jacobsen, Magnus W. Freese, Marko Ayala, Daniel J. Pohlmann, Jan Dag Svendsen, Jon C. Watanabe, Shun Andersen, Line Møller, Peter R. Tsukamoto, Katsumi Munk, Peter Hanel, Reinhold |
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Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea |
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Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea |
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Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea |
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Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea |
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Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea |
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spawning by the european eel across 2000 km of the sargasso sea |
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Miller , M J , Westerberg , H , Sparholt , H , Wysujack , K , Sørensen , S R , Marohn , L , Jacobsen , M W , Freese , M , Ayala , D J , Pohlmann , J D , Svendsen , J C , Watanabe , S , Andersen , L , Møller , P R , Tsukamoto , K , Munk , P & Hanel , R 2019 , ' Spawning by the European eel across 2000 km of the Sargasso Sea ' , Biology Letters , vol. 15 , no. 4 , 20180835 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0835 |
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