Decline of the Ecklonia cava population associated with increased seawater temperatures in Tosa Bay, southern Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 189-191

  Serisawa, Yukihiko ^a   Imoto, Zenji ^b   Ishikawa, Tetsu ^c   Ohno, Masao ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kochi Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abalone; Barren ground; Ecklonia cava; Isoyake; Seawater temperature; Tosa Bay

Indexed keywords

ECKLONIA; ECKLONIA CAVA; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA;

EID: 1542381075     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0919-9268.2004.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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