Settlement Characteristics and Habitats Use of Lake Biwa Catfish Silurus biwaensis Measured by Ultrasonic Telemetry

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Takai, Noriyuki ^a   Sakamoto, Wataru ^a   Maehata, Masayoshi ^b   Arai, Nobuaki ^a   Kitagawa, Takashi ^a   Mitsunaga, Yasushi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Aquarium ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Fish migration; Habitat use; Homing behavior; Lake Biwa catfish; Settlement characteristics; Silurus biwaensis; Ultrasonic telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SILURUS; SILURUS BIWAENSIS;

EID: 0000832714     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.181     Document Type: Article

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