Variations in body size of the lancelet Branchiostoma belcheri at different depths in the seto inland sea: Effect of food supply on the growth rate

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1181-1189

  Saito, Hidetoshi ^a   Mimura, Keisuke ^a   Doi, Akira ^a   Inoue, Eiso ^a   Kawai, Koichiro ^a   Imabayashi, Hiromichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma belcheri; Food supply; Growth rate; Lancelet; Water depth

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; JAPAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; GONADS; JAPAN; MARINE BIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 32044448526     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.1181     Document Type: Article

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