EELSPHYSIOLOGY, HABITAT ANDCONSERVATION -- MARINE BIOLOGY -- ANIMAL SCIENCE, ISSUESAND PROFESSIONS -- EELSPHYSIOLOGY, HABITAT ANDCONSERVATION -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. SPECIES, GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION,HABITAT AND CONSERVATION OFFRESHWATER EELS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY -- 2. SPECIES AND DISTRIBUTION -- PACIFIC OCEAN -- Western North Pacific area -- Indonesia and New Guinea -- Australia and New Zealand -- South Pacific Area -- INDIAN OCEAN -- ATLANTIC OCEAN -- 3. LIFE HISTORY AND HABITAT USE -- 4. INFLUENCES ON DECLINING RESOURCES -- 5. CONSERVATION EFFORTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. ECOLOGICAL RISK FOR ORGANOTINACCUMULATION IN RELATION TO LIFEHISTORY IN THE ANGUILLID EELS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- LIFE HISTORY ANALYSIS -- Chemical Analysis of Organotin Compounds -- RESULTS -- Environmental Habitat Use of Eels -- Relationship between Organotin Accumulation and EachBiological Characteristic -- Bioaccumulation of Organotin in Eels with DifferentHabitat Use -- DISCUSSION -- Relationship between Organotin Accumulation and EachBiological Characteristic -- Relationship between Organotin Accumulation and Maturation -- Differences in Organotin Accumulation Depending on Migration -- Regional Variation in Organotin Level -- The Risk of Organotin Compounds in the Anguillid Eels -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. HABITAT USE AND MIGRATION IN THEJAPANESE EEL ANGUILLA JAPONICA ANDINTRODUCED ANGUILLID EELS IN JAPANESENATURAL WATERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- Migratory History in Anguillid Eels duringOceanic Migration Period -- Migratory History in Anguilla japonica after Recruitment toCoastal Waters -- Migratory History in Anguilla anguilla in Japanese Waters.

Index of Habitat Use in Anguilla japonica -- DISCUSSION -- Migratory History of Anguilla japonica -- Habitat Use of Anguilla japonica -- Cause of Occurrence of Marine Resident Eels -- Life History of European Eel in Japanese Waters -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. EARLY LIFE HISTORY AND RECRUITMENTMECHANISMS OF THE FRESHWATER EELSGENUS ANGUILLA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Otolith Preparation -- Otolith X-Ray Microprobe Analysis -- Otolith Increment Analysis -- Early Life History Analyses -- RESULTS -- Otolith Microstructure -- Otolith Growth Pattern -- Otolith Sr:Ca ratios -- Metamorphosis and Recruitment -- Hatching Period -- DISCUSSION -- Metamorphosis and Recruitment -- Hatching -- Oceanic Migration -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. QUALITY AND VITAMIN CONTENT OF EGGSOF JAPANESE EEL ANGUILLA JAPONICA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EGG QUALITY AND EGG VITAMINS -- 2.1. Fertility and Vitamins -- 2.2. Hatching, Survival and Vitamins -- 3. IMPROVEMENT OF EGG QUALITY -- 3.1. Supplementation of Vitamins to Broodstock Diet -- 3.2. Injection of Vitamins into Broodstock -- 3.2.1. Effect on Egg Quality -- 3.2.2. Vitamin Level in Broodstock and Eggs -- 3.3. Combination of Diet and Injection of Vitamin -- 3.3.1. Egg Quality -- 3.3.2. Vitamin Level in Broodstock and Eggs -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. MODULATION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTIONALLEVEL OF DIFFERENT ION TRANSPORTERSIN EEL GILL MITOCHONDRIA-RICH CELLSUPON OSMOTIC STRESS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Gill -- 1.2. Pavement Cells (PVCs) -- 1.3. Mitochondria-Rich Cells (MRCs) -- 2.MODULATION OF EXPRESSION LEVELS OF BRANCHIALION CHANNELS AND TRANSPORTERS FORSALINITY ACCLIMATION.

2.1. The Eel Gill mRNA Expression Of Aquaroin 3 (aqp3) IsDecreased, While Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane ConductanceRegulator (cftr), Sodium Pump (Na+/K+-atpase), Na+/K+/2Cl- cotransporter(nkcc) Are Stimulated Rapidly after Fresh Water toSeawater Transfer -- 2.2. Vacuolar Proton ATPase (H+-Atpase) and SodiumBicarbonate Co-Transporter (Nbc) Are Important in Eel FreshWater Acclimation -- 3. FUTURE PERSPECTIVE(LARGE SCALE BIOINFORMATICS PROFILING) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. WIDE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION WITHLITTLE POPULATION GENETICDIFFERENTIATION:ACASE STUDY OF THE JAPANESE EELANGUILLA JAPONICA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE JAPANESEEEL: SPATIAL SCALE -- POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THEJAPANESE EEL: TEMPORAL SCALE -- POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE JAPANESEEEL: LARVAL DURATION AND HABITAT USAGE -- DISPERSAL STRATEGY OF THE JAPANESE EEL -- PANMIXIA IN JAPANESE EELS:MATEAGGREGATE HYPOTHESIS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. DIFFERENCES IN VITAMIN KCONCENTRATION IN JAPANESE EELANGUILLA JAPONICA FROM DIFFERENTCULTURED AREAS IN JAPAN AND TAIWAN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- VITAMIN K -- JAPANESE EEL -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.