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Empirical observations of the spawning migration of European eels: The long and dangerous road to the Sargasso Sea

The spawning migration of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) to the Sargasso Sea is one of the greatest animal migrations. However, the duration and route of the migration remain uncertain. Using fishery data from 20 rivers across Europe, we show that most eels begin their oceanic migration bet...

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Autores principales: Righton, David, Westerberg, Håkan, Feunteun, Eric, Økland, Finn, Gargan, Patrick, Amilhat, Elsa, Metcalfe, Julian, Lobon-Cervia, Javier, Sjöberg, Niklas, Simon, Janek, Acou, Anthony, Vedor, Marisa, Walker, Alan, Trancart, Thomas, Brämick, Uwe, Aarestrup, Kim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27713924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501694