Distribution of two sympatric amphidromous grazing fish Plecoglossus altivelis Temminck & Schlegel and Sicyopterus japonicus (Tanaka) along the course of a temperate river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 415-422

  Abe, Shin Ichiro ^a   Yodo, Taiga ^b   Matsubara, Naoto ^a   Iguchi, Kei'ichiro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphidromous fish; Coexistence; Distribution; Grazing; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVERS;

AMPHIDROMOUS FISHES; COEXISTENCE; DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

FISHERIES;

ALGA; COEXISTENCE; FISH; GRAZING; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PHYTOBENTHOS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHIBA; CHOSHI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TONE RIVER;

ALGAE; PISCES; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; SICYOPTERUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 33845389803     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0389-4     Document Type: Article

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