Impacts of differential consumption by the grazing fish, Plecoglossus altivelis, on the benthic algal composition in the Chikuma River, Japan

Phycological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-98

  Abe, Shin Ichiro ^a   Kiso, Katsuhiro ^b   Katano, Osamu ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^c   Nagumo, Tamotsu ^d   Tanaka, Jiro ^e  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Nagano Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^d NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthic algal assemblage; Diatoms; Differential consumption; Grazing fish; Upright filamentous cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; FISH; GRAZING;

ASIA; CHIKUMA RIVER; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 33745960234     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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