Stomach contents of the landlocked dwarf ayu in Lake Biwa, Japan

Limnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 135-142

  Kawabata, Keiichi ^a   Narita, Tetsuya ^b   Nagoshi, Makoto ^c,e   Nishino, Machiko ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e IDEA CONSULTANTS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daphnia galeata; Diel foraging cycle; Koayu; Plecoglossus altivelis; Zooplanktivorous fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MESOCYCLOPS; PISCES; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; CLADOCERA; EODIAPTOMUS; EODIAPTOMUS JAPONICUS; GOBIIDAE; MESOCYCLOPS DISSIMILIS;

DIET; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLANKTIVORY; STOMACH CONTENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0036986413     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102010200016     Document Type: Article

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