watershedHudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
River Monitoring - American Eels

Overview
eel profile
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video
National Science Teacher's Association webinar
Citizen Science
Freshwater Fish of New York State
Hudson Estuary tributary watersheds
Links to information
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
      follow links to Managed Species to eels

US Fish & Wildlife Service

Hudson River Estuary Tides
scroll down to list of sites on the Hudson River and pick the site closest to you
Croton River Stream Gauge
you can use the graphs on this page to predict whether water will be unusually high at your  sampling site.  Sampling at Furnace Brook was safe when the gage height on the Croton River was below 6 feet.

Published Reports (fairly technical unless otherwise indicated)

Able KW, Manderson JP, Studholme AL, 1998, the distribution of shallow water juvenile fishes in an urban estuary; the effects of manmade structures in the lower hudson river. Estuaries, 21:731-744

Angelidis, P., Pournara, I and Photis, G. (2005).  Galss eels (Anguilla Anguilla) growth in a recirculating system.  Meditarranean Marine Science. 6, 99-106

Arslan, Z. and D. H. Secor, 2005, Analysis of Trace Transition Elements and Heavy Metals in Fish Otoliths as Tracers of Habitat Use by American Eels in the Hudson River Estuary, Estuaries, vol. 28 (3), 382-393.

Bardonnet, A. & Riera, P. (2005). Feeding of glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) in the course of their estuarine migration: New insights from stable isotope analysis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 63, 201-209.

Bolliet, V., Lambert, P. , Rives, J. & Bardonnet, A.  Rhythmic swimming activity in Anguilla anguilla glass eels: Synchronization to water current reversal under laboratory conditions.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 344, 54-66.

Cieri, M.D. & McCleave, J.D.  (2001).  Validation of daily otolith increments in glass-phase American eels (Anguilla rostrata Lesueur ) during estuarine residency.  Journal of Experimental Marine biology and Ecology 257 219-227

Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment  American Eels Restoring a vanishing resource in the Gulf of Maine  www.gulfofmaine.org

Haro, A.J., W.H. Krueger. 1988. Pigmentation, size, and migration of elvers (Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur)) in a coastal Rhode Island stream. Can. J. Zoo. 66: 2528-2533.


Haro, A., Richkus, W., Whalen, K., Hoar, A., Busch, W.D., Lary, S., Brush, T. & Dixon, W., 2000, Population Decline of the American eel: Implications for Research and Management. Fisheries 25, 7-16

Hellmich, L., 2009, Environmental Factors Affecting the Migration of Juvenile American Eels in a lower Hudson River Tributary, report to the Ossining High School Science Research Program.   (authored by the first OHS Furnace Brook team; see reference list at end of report for more information)

Laffaille, R., Caraguil, J, & Legault, A. (2007).  Temporal patterns in the upstream migration of European glass eels (Anguilla Anguilla) at the Couesnon estuarine dam. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 73 81-90.

Morrison, W.E., D.H. Secor, P.M. Piccoli, 2003, Estuarine Habitat Use by Americcan Eels as Determined by Ottolith Strontium:Calcium Ratios, American Fisheries Society Symposirm 33:87-99.

Schmidt, R.E., C.M. O'Reilly, D. Miller, 2009, Observations of American Eels using an upland passage facility
and effects of passage on the population structure, North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:715–720.


Schmidt, R.E., R. Peterson, T.R. Lake, 2006, Hudson River tributaries in the lives of fishes with emphasis on the American Eel, American Fisheries Society Symposium, 51: 317-330.

Schweid, R., 2002, Consider the Eel. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC.

Secor, D.H., J.E. Baker, W.E. Morrison, J.C. Steinbacher, 2002, Ecology and Contamination of the Hudson River American Eel, report submitted to the Hudson River Foundation

Smith, C. L., 1994, Fish Watching: An Outdoor Guide to Freshwater Fishes. Cornell University Press, 216 pages.
(excellent introduction  for children of  all ages!!)

Wang, C. & Tzeng, W. (2000).  The timing of metamorphosis and growth rates of American and European eel  leptocephali: A mechanism of larval segregative migration.  Fisheries  Research 46. 191-205.

Zompaol, S., Katselis, G., Koutsikopoulos, C. & Cladas, Y. (2008).  Temporal patterns of glass eel migration (Anguilla anguilla 1758) in relation to environmental factors in the Western Greek inland waters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 80, 320-338.


last updated 2/01/11