Changes of the trophic position of the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus juvenile in a sandy sublittoral area in Wakasa Bay, Sea of Japan, examined by carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 449-451

  Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Takai, Noriyuki ^b   Ueno, Masahiro ^c   Hayashi, Isao ^d  

^a Hokkaido Wakkanai Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Paralichthys olivaceus; Prey; Stable isotope; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 33645740691     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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