Modernising fish and shark growth curves with Bayesian length-at-age models

JJ Smart, GL Grammer - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Growth modelling is a fundamental component of fisheries assessments but is often
hindered by poor quality data from biased sampling. Several methods have attempted to …

Anthropogenic contaminants shape the fitness of the endangered European eel: a machine learning approach

B Bourillon, E Feunteun, A Acou, T Trancart, N Teichert… - Fishes, 2022 - mdpi.com
European eel is thought to be a symbol of the effects of global change on aquatic
biodiversity. The species has persisted for millions of years and faced drastic environmental …

The 'queen of the Andes' (Puya raimondii) is genetically fragile and fragmented: a consequence of long generation time and semelparity?

L Liu, J James, YQ Zhang, ZF Wang, M Arakaki… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how life history shapes genetic diversity is a fundamental issue in
evolutionary biology, with important consequences for conservation. However, we still have …

Effects of essential fatty acids and feeding regimes on egg and offspring quality of European eel: Comparing reproductive success of farm-raised and wild-caught …

JS Kottmann, J Tomkiewicz, IAE Butts, I Lund… - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
Production of high-quality offspring from farm-raised broodstock is fundamental to establish
a closed-cycle hatchery production of European eel, Anguilla anguilla. While development …

The likely role of urea in delaying the size at first maturity of ureosmotic Chondrichthyes

M Warren, D Pauly - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
The size—and hence the age—at first maturity is a very important feature of fish and other
water-breathing ectotherms (WBE), as it determines, jointly with their subsequent growth …

Migrating silver eels return from the sea to the river of origin after a false start

M Tambets, E Kärgenberg, A Järvalt… - Biology …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The European eel's singular spawning migration from European waters towards the
Sargasso Sea remains elusive, including the early phase of migration at sea. During …

Age, growth, and gonadal condition of the Giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, in Okinawa-Jima Island, Japan

T Kita, K Tachihara - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2020 - Springer
Age, growth, and gonadal condition of the Giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, were
estimated from 303 specimens collected at Okinawa-jima Island, Japan. Otolith opaque …

Monsoonal wet season influences the migration tendency of a catadromous fish (barramundi Lates calcarifer)

BH Roberts, JR Morrongiello, DL Morgan… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many animals exhibit partial migration, which occurs when populations contain coexisting
contingents of migratory and resident individuals. This individual‐level variation in migration …

[HTML][HTML] Accounting for the fish condition in assessing the reproductivity of a marine eel to achieve fishery sustainability

X Mu, C Zhang, B Xu, Y Ji, Y Xue, Y Ren - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Spawning potential ratio (SPR) is a commonly used biological reference point to inform
management decisions; however, the fish reproductivity may vary substantially with different …

Growth rates in a European eel Anguilla anguilla (L., 1758) population show a complex relationship with temperature over a seven-decade otolith biochronology

L Vaughan, D Brophy, C O'Toole… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Environmental and habitat change can have profound and complex impacts on fish. We
examined an unexploited population of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from a West of …