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SUBMITTER: Amilhat E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4764813 | biostudies-other | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Amilhat Elsa E Aarestrup Kim K Faliex Elisabeth E Simon Gaël G Westerberg Håkan H Righton David D
Scientific reports 20160224
The migration route and the spawning site of the European eel Anguilla anguilla are still uncertain. It has been suggested that the Mediterranean eel stock does not contribute to spawning because there is no evidence of eels leaving the Mediterranean Sea. To test this hypothesis, we equipped eight female silver eels from the south of France with pop-up satellite tags during escapement from coastal waters. Once in deeper water, the eels quickly established diel vertical migration (DVM) between th ...[more]