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Migration from Continental Waters to the Spawning Grounds

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Eel Biology

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The spawning migration of the eel (Anguilla sp.) starts in continental waters, which have provided nutrition for eel growth and development to reach the h siolo ical readiness of the maturation process and the conditioning p Y g p boning to enable migration to the spawning grounds. The onset of migration occurs in freshwater of very different limnological condition as well as in brackish or Y marine water areas (Tsukamoto et al. 1998). The freshwater migration is described by Haro (this volume).

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Tesch, F.W., Rohlf, N. (2003). Migration from Continental Waters to the Spawning Grounds. In: Aida, K., Tsukamoto, K., Yamauchi, K. (eds) Eel Biology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65907-5_16

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