First direct evidence of adult European eels migrating to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea

Abstract The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is critically endangered (according to the most recent IUCN assessment) and has suffered a 95% decline in recruitment since the 1980s, attributed in part to factors occurring during the marine phases of its life-cycle. As an adult, the European eel under...

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Main Authors: Rosalind M. Wright, Adam T. Piper, Kim Aarestrup, Jose M. N. Azevedo, George Cowan, Andy Don, Matthew Gollock, Sara Rodriguez Ramallo, Randolph Velterop, Alan Walker, Håkan Westerberg, David Righton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19248-8