Ontogenetic habitat shift of Anguilla marmorata and A. japonica in the rivers of southern Japan: Implications for habitat use evaluation and conservation

Y Kumai, M Kuroki, A Goto, K Takai… - Aquatic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the habitat requirements of fishes throughout their life cycle is essential for
effective conservation. Despite the growing need to conserve anguillid eels, the current …

Cumulative effects of dams on migratory fishes across the conterminous United States: Regional patterns in fish responses to river network fragmentation

EM Dean, DM Infante, H Yu, A Cooper… - River Research and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, dams fragment river networks, threatening migratory fishes which require access to
distinct habitats to complete their life cycles. Efforts to understand how cumulative effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Management of glass eel fisheries is not a sufficient measure to recover a local Japanese eel population

K Kaifu, K Yokouchi, MJ Miller, I Washitani - Marine Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
We evaluated whether a strict fisheries management measure of closure of fishing for
recruiting juveniles (glass eels) could have resulted in the recovery of a local population of …

[HTML][HTML] Water temperature and precipitation stimulate small-sized Japanese eels to climb a low-height vertical weir

M Kume, Y Yoshikawa, T Tanaka, S Watanabe… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Eels as natural samplers highlight spatial heterogeneity in energy flow in an estuary

A Nishimoto, M Iida, K Yokouchi, N Fukuda… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The high spatiotemporal heterogeneity makes it difficult to ensure the representation of
samples in estuarine studies. Using Japanese eels as natural samplers (n= 881), we …

Artificial shelters that promote settlement and improve nutritional condition of Japanese eels in a human-modified estuary

Y Oto, R Sakanoue, K Matsushige, Y Hibino… - Estuaries and …, 2023 - Springer
Various aquatic organisms are suffering from alterations of estuarine environments, where
human activities are generally concentrated. The commercially important but endangered …

Riverine distribution and abundance of Japanese eel in Shikoku, south‐western Japan: Varying importance of regional and local factors

K Yamamoto, Y Uemura, S Mimachi… - Aquatic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Can displaced Anguilla marmorata return to their original habitat? Daily tracking study of their homing behavior

T Maeda, S Hagihara, R Wakiya… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anguilla marmorata collected in the Odana River lower reaches were passive integrated
transponder‐tagged displaced and released into the upper river reaches (54 up‐transported …

Trophic ecology of Japanese eels in small rivers of urban and agricultural areas

A Kutzer, M Kume, F Kawai, Y Terashima, E Lavergne… - Fisheries Science, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Yellow-phase Japanese eel Anguilla japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) utilize
a variety of anthropogenically impacted habitats. An extensive understanding of the trophic …

Daytime habitat use by Japanese eel in small streams in Shikoku, southwestern Japan

S Mimachi, K Yamamoto, Y Uemura, M Inoue… - … Biology of Fishes, 2023 - Springer
Daytime habitat use by Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) at the yellow eel stage (total
length≥ 15 cm) and the newly recruited glass/elver stage in spring (total length 5–7 cm) was …