Summer feeding habits of the Pacific pomfret Brama japonica in the transitional and subarctic waters of the central North Pacific

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1436-1450

  Watanabe, H ^a   Kubodera, T ^b   Kawahara, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central North Pacific; Feeding habits; Pacific pomfret Brama japonica; Prey species composition; Seasonal migration

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

AMPHIPODA; BERRYTEUTHIS ANONYCHUS; BRAMA JAPONICA; CEPHALOPODA; GONATIDAE; GONATOPSIS BOREALIS; GONATUS KAMTSCHATICUS; HYPERIA; HYPERIA MEDUSARUM; ONYCHOTEUTHIS BOREALIJAPONICUS; PHRONIMA SEDENTARIA;

EID: 33745297728     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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