Growth and survival of Pacific saury Cololabis saira in the Kuroshio-Oyashio transitional waters

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-414

  Watanabe, Yoshiro ^a   Kurita, Yutaka ^b   Noto, Masayuki ^c   Oozeki, Yoshioki ^d   Kitagawa, Daiji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daily production; Growth; Juveniles; Kuroshio waters; Larvae; Pacific saury; Survival; Transitional waters

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; PELAGIC FISH; SURVIVAL; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142045156     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025532430674     Document Type: Article

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