Decadal change in the diets of the surface migratory myctophid fish Myctophum nitidulum in the Kuroshio region of the western North Pacific: Predation on sardine larvae by myctophids

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 716-721

  Watanabe, Hikaru ^a   Kawaguchi, Kouichi ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decadal change; Feeding habits; Feeding impact on sardine larvae; Japanese sardine; Kuroshio regime shift; Myctophid fish; Myctophum nitidulum; Surface migrant

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; MYCTOPHUM; MYCTOPHUM NITIDULUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141567562     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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