Geographic variations in dorsal and anal ray counts of juvenile Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, in the Japan Sea

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-313

  Kinoshita, Izumi ^a   Seikai, Tadahisa ^b   Tanaka, Masaru ^a   Kuwamura, Katsushi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Prefectural Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meristic counts; Population; Settlement; Transport; Tsushima Current; Wakasa Bay

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

JAPAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS;

EID: 0034050980     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007613015063     Document Type: Article

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