Downstream migration of newly-hatched ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in the Tien Yen River of northern Vietnam

• Published in: Environmental biology of fishes Vol. 100; no. 10; pp. 1329 - 1341
• Main Authors: Tran, Hau Duc, Iida, Midori, Maeda, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; adults; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Catadromous migrations; China; dams (hydrology); Downstream; Drift; Environment; Fish; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; habitats; History; Hydroelectric dams; Hydroelectric power; Hydroelectric power stations; Japan; Korean Peninsula; Larvae; Life history; Life Sciences; Migration; Nature Conservation; Plecoglossus altivelis; reproduction; Rivers; Sampling; Spawning; Spawning grounds; Surveys; Taiwan; Vietnam; Zoology; Vietnam; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula; Taiwan; Vietnam; Spawning grounds; Drifting larvae; Downstream migration

The ayu ( Plecoglossus altivelis ) is an annual, amphidromous, plecoglossid fish, distributed in Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. To date, ayu have been found only in two rivers in northern Vietnam, where little is known about their life history. The Tien Yen River is believed to be the mos...