Feeding habits of Pacific pomfret Brama japonica in the transition zone of the central North Pacific

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-276

  Watanabe, Hikaru ^a   Kubodera, Tsunemi ^b   Kawahara, Shigeyuki ^c  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Brama japonica; Central North Pacific; Quantitative analysis on feeding habits; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; BATHYLAGUS; BERRYTEUTHIS; BERRYTEUTHIS ANONYCHUS; BRAMA; BRAMA JAPONICA; CEPHALOPODA; GONATOPSIS; GONATOPSIS BOREALIS; JAPONICA; ONYCHOTEUTHIS; PARALEPIDIDAE; PHRONIMA; PHRONIMA SEDENTARIA; PLATYSCELUS OVOIDES;

EID: 0038711935     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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