Night-time vertical distribution and abundance of small epipelagic and mesopelagic fishes in the upper 100 m layer of the Kuroshio-Oyashio Transition Zone in Spring

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1280-1286

  Yatsu, Akihiko ^a   Sassa, Chiyuki ^b   Moku, Masatoshi ^c   Kinoshita, Takahiro ^d  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Gempylid; Kuroshio Oyashio Transition Zone; Mackerels; Midwater trawl; Myctophids; Sardine; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA; CERATOSCOPELUS WARMINGII; DIAPHUS KUROSHIO; DIOGENICHTHYS ATLANTICUS; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; GEMPYLIDAE; LIPOLAGUS OCHOTENSIS; MICROSTOMATIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM ASPERUM; NEALOTUS TRIPES; NOTOSCOPELUS; NOTOSCOPELUS RESPLENDENS; PHOSICHTHYIDAE; PISCES; SARDINOPS MELANOSTICTUS; SCOMBER; SCOMBRIDAE; SYMBOLOPHORUS CALIFORNIENSIS; VINCIGUERRIA NIMBARIA;

EID: 31144437062     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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