Evaluation of multi-scale climate effects on annual recruitment levels of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, to Taiwan.

Long-term (1967-2008) glass eel catches were used to investigate climatic effects on the annual recruitment of Japanese eel to Taiwan. Specifically, three prevailing hypotheses that potentially explain the annual recruitment were evaluated. Hypothesis 1: high precipitation shifts the salinity front...

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Main Authors: Wann-Nian Tzeng, Yu-Heng Tseng, Yu-San Han, Chih-Chieh Hsu, Chih-Wei Chang, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Chih-Hao Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3285622?pdf=render