Annual and daily activity rhythms of loaches in an irrigation creek and ditches around paddy fields

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-99

  Naruse, Mayumi ^a,b   Oishi, Tadashi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diurnal activity; Flexibility; Gonadosomatic index (GSI); Misgurnus anguillicaudatus; Nocturnal activity; Seasonal change; Temporary water

Indexed keywords

COBITIDAE; HYMENOPHYSA CURTA; MISGURNUS ANGUILLICAUDATUS;

ACTIVITY RHYTHM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; IRRIGATION CHANNEL; RICE FIELD;

JAPAN, HONSHU, NARA;

EID: 0029660755     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00002382     Document Type: Article

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