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Oceanic spawning ecology of freshwater eels in the western North Pacific
- K. Tsukamoto, S. Chow, +16 authors H. Tanaka
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature communications
- 1 February 2011
The natural reproductive ecology of freshwater eels remained a mystery even after some of their offshore spawning areas were discovered approximately 100 years ago. In this study, we investigate the… Expand
Vertical distribution of transparent exopolymer particle (TEP) concentration in the oligotrophic western tropical North Pacific
- Taketoshi Kodama, H. Kurogi, +5 authors T. Watanabe
- Biology
- 22 October 2014
Discovery of mature freshwater eels in the open ocean
- S. Chow, H. Kurogi, N. Mochioka, Shunji Kaji, Makoto Okazaki, K. Tsukamoto
- Geography
- Fisheries Science
- 1 February 2009
Keywords Anguilla First catch Freshwater eels Matured males Spawning areaAll freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla are catadromous,in that they perform long-distance migrations to offshorespawning… Expand
Light-Sensitive Vertical Migration of the Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica Revealed by Real-Time Tracking and Its Utilization for Geolocation
- S. Chow, Makoto Okazaki, +10 authors Y. Miyake
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 15 April 2015
Short-time tracking (one to eight days) of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) using ultrasonic transmitter was performed in the tropical-subtropical area adjacent to the spawning area and temperate… Expand
Offshore spawning of Conger myriaster in the western North Pacific: evidence for convergent migration strategies of anguilliform eels in the Atlantic and Pacific
- Michael J. Miller, Tatsuki Yoshinaga, +4 authors K. Tsukamoto
- Biology, Medicine
- Naturwissenschaften
- 21 April 2011
The spawning area of the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster, had remained unknown because spawning adults or its newly hatched larvae were never collected. Using genetic identification, we… Expand
First offshore record of Conger myriaster leptocephali in the East China Sea
- H. Kurogi, N. Mochioka, Y. Takaki, O. Tabeta
- Geography
- 1 October 2002
Degradation of discarded appendicularian houses by oncaeid copepods
- Y. Nishibe, K. Takahashi, +4 authors H. Saito
- Biology
- 1 May 2015
We examined the degradation of discarded appendicularian houses due to feeding by oncaeid copepods in surface waters of the Kuroshio region. Vertical distributions of oncaeid copepods and discarded… Expand
Southwest intrusion of 134Cs and 137Cs derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident in the Western North Pacific.
- Hideki Kaeriyama, Y. Shimizu, +20 authors T. Watanabe
- Geology, Medicine
- Environmental science & technology
- 7 March 2014
Enormous quantities of radionuclides were released into the ocean via both atmospheric deposition and direct release as a result of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident. This… Expand
Efficiency of Peptide Nucleic Acid-Directed PCR Clamping and Its Application in the Investigation of Natural Diets of the Japanese Eel Leptocephali
- T. Terahara, S. Chow, +5 authors H. Takeyama
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 1 November 2011
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-clamping using blocking primer and DNA-analogs, such as peptide nucleotide acid (PNA), may be used to selectively amplify target DNA for molecular diet analysis. We… Expand