Identification of local populations of Lake Biwa catfish Silurus biwaensis in Japan on the basis of δ13C and δ15N analyses

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 258-266

  Takai, Noriyuki ^a,b   Sakamoto, Wataru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUBPOPULATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; LAKE BIWA;

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; SILURUS; SILURUS BIWAENSIS;

EID: 0033304712     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-2-258     Document Type: Article

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