Influence of ocean circulation and the Kuroshio large meander on the 2018 Japanese eel recruitment season.

Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) recruitment to Japan was very low during the early 2017-2018 recruitment season when most glass eels are usually caught, but catches increased in the late recruitment season when recruitment usually decreases. Concurrently, the Kuroshio meander south of Japan had for...

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Main Authors: Yu-Lin K Chang, Yasumasa Miyazawa, Michael J Miller, Katsumi Tsukamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223262