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“Perfect wave” carries eel larvae to the Mediterranean

By | January 11, 2025

The European eel is an endangered species. Its larvae migrate from the Sargasso Sea to Europe. Researchers at the Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology have shown for the first time how the larvae use the current cycles of the Strait of Gibraltar to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The willow-leaf larvae of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) utilize the complex tidal currents in the Strait of Gibraltar to begin their journey… Read more »