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Cumulative effects of low‐height barriers on distributions of catadromous Japanese eels in Japan by Yokouchi, K., Itakura, H., Wakiya, R., Yoshinaga, T., Mochioka, N., Kimura, S., Kaifu, K.

“…Fish distributions in river systems are known to be affected by large dams and other artificial cross‐river structures such as weirs that prevent their…”
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Characterization and evolutionary analysis of tributyltin‐binding protein and pufferfish saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin‐binding protein genes in toxic and nontoxic pufferfishes by Hashiguchi, Y, Lee, J. M, Shiraishi, M, Komatsu, S, Miki, S, Shimasaki, Y, Mochioka, N, Kusakabe, T, Oshima, Y

“…Understanding the evolutionary mechanisms of toxin accumulation in pufferfishes has been long‐standing problem in toxicology and evolutionary biology…”
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Location, size and age at onset of metamorphosis in the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica by Fukuda, N., Kurogi, H., Ambe, D., Chow, S., Yamamoto, T., Yokouchi, K., Shinoda, A., Masuda, Y., Sekino, M., Saitoh, K., Masujima, M., Watanabe, T., Mochioka, N., Kuwada, H.

“…This study clarifies the location, size and age at the onset of metamorphosis in Japanese eels Anguilla japonica through oceanic surveys, rearing experiments…”
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Reproductive isolation between sympatric Anguilla japonica and Anguilla marmorata by Chow, S., Kurogi, H., Yamamoto, T., Tomoda, T., Mochioka, N., Shirotori, F., Yoshinaga, T., Ambe, D., Okazaki, M., Nagai, S., Yanagimoto, T.

“…Species‐specific restriction fragment length polymorphism in the intron of the androgen receptor gene (ar5) was found in glass to silver‐stage individuals of…”
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Evidence of a spawning area of Anguilla marmorata in the western North Pacific by MILLER, M. J, MOCHIOKA, N, OTAKE, T, TSUKAMOTO, K

“…Leptocephali of the tropical eel Anguilla marmorata have been consistently collected in the same area of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) in the western…”
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Diet of anguilloid larvae : leptocephali feed selectively on larvacean houses and fecal pellets by MOCHIOKA, N, IWAMIZU, M

“…Gut contents of 234 leptocephali comprising eight species of eels were examined from five families. Visible gut contents were recognized in 11 individuals…”
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Distribution and dispersal of anguillid leptocephali in the western Pacific Ocean revealed by molecular analysis by Aoyama, Jun, Mochioka, Noritaka, Otake, Tsuguo, Ishikawa, Satoshi, Kawakami, Yutaka, Castle, Peter, Nishida, Mutsumi, Tsukamoto, Katsumi

“…To determine the distribution and dispersal of leptocephalus larvae of freshwater eels Anguilla spp. in the western Pacific, mitochondrial DNA sequences of 63…”
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Seasonal changes of the RNA/DNA ratio, size and lipid contents and immigration adaptability of Japanese glass-eels, Anguilla japonica, collected in northern Kyushu, Japan by Kawakami, Y, Mochioka, N, Kimura, R, Nakazono, A

“…RNA/DNA ratios and the condition factor, as determined by weight and length of glass-eels, Anguilla japonica, were evaluated for assessment of nutritional…”
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Strontium/calcium ratios in statoliths of the neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartrami (Cephalopoda), in the North Pacific Ocean by YATSU, A, MOCHIOKA, N, MORISHITA, K, TOH, H

“…Strontium to calcium ratios were observed along longitudinal sections of statoliths of nine neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartrami (LeSueur, 1821), including…”
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Gonadal development and expression profiles of gonadotropin genes in wild sea conger, Ariosoma meeki by Ishii, S, Yoshiura, Y, Kajimura, S, Mochioka, N, Aida, K

“…Reproductive physiology of an anguilliform fish, wild sea conger (Ariosoma meeki) was studied. Spawning season of this species is between July and August, and…”
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Discovery of mature freshwater eels in the open ocean by Chow, S.(National Research Inst. of Fisheries Science, Yokohama (Japan)), Kurogi, H, Mochioka, N, Kaji, S, Okazaki, M, Tsukamoto, K

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Diel vertical distribution of Anguilla japonica leptocephali by Otake, T. (Mie Univ., Tsu (Japan). Faculty of Bioresources), Inagaki, T, Hasumoto, H, Mochioka, N, Tsukamoto, K

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Japanese eel Anguilla japonica do not assimilate nutrition during the oceanic spawning migration: evidence from stable isotope analysis by Chow, S, Kurogi, H, Katayama, S, Ambe, D, Okazaki, M, Watanabe, T, Ichikawa, T, Kodama, M, Aoyama, J, Shinoda, A, Watanabe, S, Tsukamoto, K, Miyazaki, S, Kimiura, S, Yamada, Y, Nomura, K, Tanaka, H, Kazeto, Y, Hata, K, Handa, T, Tawa, A, Mochioka, N

“…During 2008 and 2009, a total of 12 adult Japanese eels Anguilla japonica were captured in the southern part of the West Mariana Ridge, the presumed spawning…”
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Geographic variation in the assemblages of leptocephali in the western South Pacific by Miller, Michael J., Aoyama, Jun, Mochioka, Noritaka, Otake, Tsuguo, Castle, Peter H.J., Minagawa, Gen, Inagaki, Tadashi, Tsukamoto, Katsumi

“…A sampling survey was carried out to study the distribution and ecology of leptocephali in several different areas of the western South Pacific between 160 and…”
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Seamounts, new moon and eel spawning: The search for the spawning site of the Japanese eel by TSUKAMOTO, Katsumi, OTAKE, Tsuguo, HASUMOTO, Hiroshi, OYA, Machiko, SUZUKI, Yuzuru, MOCHIOKA, Noritaka, LEE, Tae-Won, FRICKE, Hans, INAGAKI, Tadashi, AOYAMA, Jun, ISHIKAWA, Satoshi, KIMURA, Shingo, MILLER, Michael J

“…After analyzing all the collection data for larvae of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, in the western North Pacific, we found that the spawning site of…”
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Identification of aquarium-raised muraenid leptocephali, Gymnothorax minor by Tawa, A., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture, Mochioka, N

“…Leptocephalus larvae of Gymnothorax minor collected from eastern Kyushu were identified by observation of metamorphosis procedure. The leptocephali were…”
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Factors influencing otolith strontium/calcium ratios in Anguilla japonica elvers by Kawakami, Yutaka, Mochioka, Noritaka, Morishita, Koichiro, Tajima, Toshihiro, Nakagawa, Hisaki, Toh, Hidetoshi, Nakazono, Akinobu

“…The effects of temperature and salinity on the concentration ratios of strontium (Sr) to calcium (Ca) within the sagittal otoliths of elvers of the Japanese…”
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Determination of the freshwater mark in otoliths of Japanese eel elvers using microstructure and Sr/Ca ratios by Kawakami, Y. (Kyushu Univ., Higashi-ku, Fukuoka (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Fisheries), Mochioka, N, Morishita, K, Toh, H, Nakazono, A

“…The microstructure, in particular checks within the otolith edge, of Anguilla japonica glass-eels and elvers and changes in otolith Sr/Ca ratios were examined…”
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Factors influencing otolith strontium/calcium ratios in Anguilla japonica elvers: Fish biology in Japan: an anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe by KAWAKAMI, Y, MOCHIOKA, N, MORISHITA, K, TAJIMA, T, NAKAGAWA, H, TOH, H, NAKAZONO, A

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Leptocephalus eel larvae will feed in aquaria by Mochioka, N, Iwamizu, M, Kanda, T

“…Premetamorphosing larvae of Muraenesox cinereus (Muraenesocidae) and Conger myriaster (Congridae), caught and kept alive in aquaria, repeatedly bit pieces out…”
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