Piscivorous Habits of Spanish Mackerel Larvae in the Seto Inland Sea

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-392

  Shoji, Jun ^a   Kishida, Tatsu ^b   Tanaka, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food habits; Larvae; Piscivory; Prey size; Scomberomorus niphonius; Seto Inland Sea; Spanish mackerel

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA; ANIMALIA; CLUPEIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; SCOMBEROMORUS; SCOMBEROMORUS NIPHONIUS;

EID: 0001037370     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.388     Document Type: Article

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