The calculated voyage: benchmarking optimal strategies and consumptions in the Japanese eel’s spawning migration

Abstract Eels migrate along largely unknown routes to their spawning ground. By coupling Zermelo’s navigation solution and data from the Japan Coastal Ocean Predictability Experiment 2 (JCOPE2M), we simulated a range of seasonal scenarios, swimming speeds, and swimming depths to predict paths that m...

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Main Authors: Gen Li, Yu-Lin Chang, Yasumasa Miyazawa, Ulrike K. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74979-0