Diet of the mesopelagic fish Notoscopelus japonicus (Family: Myctophidae) associated with the continental slope off the Pacific coast of Honshu, Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1034-1040

  Uchikawa, Kazuhisa ^a,d   Yamamura, Orio ^b   Kitagawa, Daiji ^c   Sakurai, Yasunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Euphausia pacifica; Euphausiids; Mesopelagic fish; Myctophids; Notoscopelus japonicus; Upper continental slope

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; MYCTOPHIDAE; NOTOSCOPELUS; NOTOSCOPELUS JAPONICUS; OSTRACODA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036775679     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2002.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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