Vertical Distribution and Prey of Walleye Pollock in the Northern Japan Sea

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 686-693

  Kooka, Kouji ^a   Takatsu, Tetsuya ^a   Kamei, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakatani, Toshikuni ^a   Takahashi, Toyomi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan Sea; Sagitta elegans; Themisto japonica; Thysanoessa longipes; Vertical distribution; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; JAPONICA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; SAGITTA ELEGANS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THEMISTO; THEMISTO JAPONICA; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA; THYSANOESSA LONGIPES;

EID: 0009763507     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.686     Document Type: Article

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