Restricted access to upstream riverine habitats is considered to be an important factor
affecting abundance declines of wild Japanese eels. However, the characteristics of cross …

Although river-crossing structures can have a detrimental effect on the movement and
distribution of anguillid eels (genus Anguilla), they have inhabited locations upstream of …

Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) is a commercially important species; however, its
population has declined in recent years. Appropriate conservation management, including …

Catches of Japanese eels have been decreasing at an alarming rate and extinction of wild
stocks is of concern. Therefore, conservation of eel habitats has become increasingly …

Regional and local habitat factors affecting the distribution and abundance of Japanese eel
(Anguilla japonica) were systematically analysed in 123 reaches of 21 stream systems in …

This study evaluated the size and age distributions and otolith microchemistry of the
Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in freshwater and brackish water areas in the Aki and …

Abstract Although the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica is a commercially important species,
its habitat use is not well understood during its life stages in the river. In this study, we …

The Japanese coastlines along the Sea of Japan (Japan Sea) have been thought to be one
of the margins of the distribution range of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica, and there is …

This study monitored post‐release movements of 20 wild Japanese eels (Anguilla
japonica)[mean±sd 520.8±92.3 mm total length (TL), 217.9±146.3 g body mass (BM)] in a …

Although anguillid eel populations have decreased remarkably in recent decades, few
detailed ecological studies have been conducted on tropical eels such as the giant mottled …