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Migrating silver eels return from the sea to the river of origin after a false start

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Migrating silver eels return from the sea to the river of origin after a false start
المؤلفون: Tambets, Meelis, Kärgenberg, Einar, Järvalt, Ain, Økland, Finn, Kristensen, Martin Lykke, Koed, Anders, Bernotas, Priit
المساهمون: Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery
بيانات النشر: The Royal Society
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Estonian University of Life Sciences: DSpace / Eesti Maaülikooli
مصطلحات موضوعية: behavioural diversity, conservation strategy, European eel, management, spawning migration, telemetry, articles
الوصف: The European eel’s singular spawning migration from European waters towards the Sargasso Sea remains elusive, including the early phase of migration at sea. During spawning migration, the movement of freshwater resident eels from river to sea has been thought to be irreversible. We report the first recorded incidents of eels returning to the river of origin after spending up to a year in the marine environment. After migrating to the Baltic Sea, 21% of the silver eels, tagged with acoustic transmitters, returned to the Narva River. Half returned 11–12 months after moving to the sea, with 15 km being the long- est upstream movement. The returned eels spent up to 33 days in the river and migrated to the sea again. The fastest specimen migrated to the outlet of the Baltic Sea in 68 days after the second start—roughly 1300 km. The surprising occurrence of returning migrants has implications for sustainable management and protection of this critically endangered species. ; This study was financed by European Fisheries and Maritime Fund project L180152PKKH and Estonia-Russia Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 project ER80. ; This study was financed by European Fisheries and Maritime Fund project L180152PKKH and Estonia-Russia Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 project ER80.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: unknown
تدمد: 1744-957X
Relation: Biology Letters, 2021, 17, 20210346.; http://hdl.handle.net/10492/8007; https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0346
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0346
الاتاحة: http://hdl.handle.net/10492/8007
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0346
Rights: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.E624743E
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:1744957X
DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0346