Condition of larval and early juvenile Japanese temperate bass Lateolabrax japonicus related to spatial distribution and feeding in the Chikugo estuarine nursery ground in the Ariake Bay, Japan

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-155

  Islam, Md Shahidul ^a   Hibino, Manabu ^b   Nakayama, Kouji ^a   Tanaka, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Fisheries Promotion Fund   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ariake Bay; Condition factor; Japanese temperate bass; Length weight relationship; Nutritional condition; Protein growth rate; RNA:DNA ratio; Sinocalanus sinensis

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FEEDING; FISH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARIAKE BAY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

ACARTIA OMORII; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS; MORONIDAE; OITHONA DAVISAE; PARACALANUS PARVUS; SINOCALANUS;

EID: 32044441877     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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