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Direct observations of American eels migrating across the continental shelf to the Sargasso Sea

Since inferring spawning areas from larval distributions in the Sargasso Sea a century ago, the oceanic migration of adult American eels has remained a mystery. No adult eel has ever been observed migrating in the open ocean or in the spawning area. Here, we track movements of maturing eels equipped...

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Autores principales: Béguer-Pon, Mélanie, Castonguay, Martin, Shan, Shiliang, Benchetrit, José, Dodson, Julian J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26505325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9705