Size selective feeding, and its limitations for the black rockfish, Sebastes inermis, in a demersal fish assemblage of Onagawa Bay, northeastern Japan

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-193

  Honda, Hitoshi ^a,b   Kan no, Masatoshi ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nansei Natl Fisheries Res Inst   (Japan)

^c Kamei Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition coefficient; Cost of handling food; Electivity index; Interactions; Niche

Indexed keywords

BLACK ROCKFISH; COMPETITION; DEMERSAL FISH; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; SIZE SELECTION; SIZE-SELECTION;

JAPAN, HONSHU, MIYAGI, ONAGAWA BAY;

SEBASTES INERMIS;

EID: 0030805247     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007331501193     Document Type: Article

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