Spawning of American eel,Anguilla rostrata, relative to thermal fronts in the Sargasso Sea (original) (raw)

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Collections of recently hatched American eel leptocehali including specimens less than 5.5 mm total length suggest the following hypotheses: 1) that thermal fronts separating the northern and southern surface water masses of the Sargasso Sea form the northern limit of American eel spawning, and 2) that some feature of the surface water mass in the southern Sargasso Sea serves as a cue for adult American eels to cease migrating and begin spawning activity.

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1. Migratory Fish Research Institute and Department of Zoology, University of Maine at Orono Orono, 04469, Wine, C U.S.A.
   Robert C. Kleckner (Senior author), James D. McCleave & Gail S. Wippelhauser

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1. Robert C. Kleckner
2. James D. McCleave
3. Gail S. Wippelhauser

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Kleckner, R.C., McCleave, J.D. & Wippelhauser, G.S. Spawning of American eel,Anguilla rostrata, relative to thermal fronts in the Sargasso Sea.Environ Biol Fish 9, 289–293 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692377

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• Received: 26 April 1982
• Accepted: 03 January 1983
• Issue date: December 1983
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692377

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