Comparison of fish assemblages among an artificial reef, a natural reef and a sandy-mud bottom site on the shelf off Iwate, northern Japan

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-364

  Fujita, Toshihiko ^a   Kitagawa, Daiji ^b   Okuyama, Yusaku ^c   Jin, Yasutoshi ^d   Ishito, Yoshio ^b   Inada, Tadashi ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Miyako Regional Development Bureau   (Japan)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community; Density; Physiculus maximowiczi; Seasonality; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT COMPARISON; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

JAPAN, IWATE;

PHYSICULUS MAXIMOWICZI;

EID: 0029668765     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005013     Document Type: Article

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