Journal
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 9, Pages 1878-1890Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02295.x
Keywords
ENSO; Lagrangian modelling; NEC-bifurcation; oceanic migration; recruitment success
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- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
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As the North Equatorial Current (NEC)-bifurcation is known to be related to El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events, the influence of the position of the NEC bifurcation on transport success of the larval Japanese eel Anguilla japonica was investigated. Using a Lagrangian modelling approach, larval transport was simulated and the relative influence of El Nino and La Nina events and the NEC-bifurcation position on the success of particle transport analysed. The number of particles transported from the NEC to the Kuroshio tended to be lowest during El Nino years, and differences between La Nina and regular years were small. The transport success observed in simulations showed some relationships to annual A. japonica glass eel recruitment to Tanegashima Island over 1993 to 2001, but not in 2002. The study shows that particle tracking simulations can be used to improve knowledge of the oceanic migration of A. japonica but further studies are required, including comparisons with the effects on larval survival of fluctuations in temperature and food availability.
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