Eel expedition 2014 has arrived in The Sargasso Sea
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 19 March, 2014
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The research vessel Dana is currently in the Sargasso Sea on an intensive research expedition to the European eel’s spawning grounds subsequently following the eel larvae’s drift back to Europe. The Sargasso Sea is a large oceanic area between Bermuda and the West Indies. There are 19 species of eel in the world. Two of them spawn in the Sargasso Sea: The American and The European Eel....