Feeding ecology of two planktonic sculpins, Comephorus baicalensis and Comephorus dybowskii (Comephoridae), in Lake Baikal

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-422

  Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a   Dzyuba, Yelena V ^b   Genkai Kato, Motomi ^a   Ito, Sayaka ^a   Kohzu, Ayato ^c   Anoshko, Pavel N ^b   Khanayev, Igor V ^b   Shubenkov, Sergey G ^b   Melnik, Natalia G ^b   Timoshkin, Oleg A ^b   Wada, Eitaro ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comephorus; Diet; Lake Baikal; Planktonic sculpin; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; COMEPHORIDAE; COMEPHORUS; COMEPHORUS BAICALENSIS; COMEPHORUS DYBOWSKII; COTTIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 33845441597     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-006-0360-4     Document Type: Article

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