Empirical observations of the spawning migration of European eels: The long and dangerous road to the Sargasso Sea

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501694
• Publication Date: 2016-10-06T03:28:37Z
• Authors: David Righton; Håkan Westerberg; Eric Feunteun; Finn Økland; Patrick Gargan; Elsa Amilhat; Julian Metcalfe; Javier Lobon-Cervia; Niklas Sjöberg; Janek Simon; Anthony Acou; Marisa Vedor; Alan Walker; Thomas Trancart; Uwe Brämick; Kim Aarestrup
• Keywords: Sargasso sea; Diel vertical migration

Fresh data on the timing and speed of oceanic spawning migration European eels suggest a new paradigm for ecology.