Reproductive ecology and host utilization of four sympatric bitterling (Acheilognathinae, Cyprinidae) in a lowland reach of the Harai River in Mie, Japan

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-55

  Kitamura, Jyun Ichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freshwater mussel; Habitat segregation; Host selectivity; Ovipositor; Resource utilization; Sarcocheilichthys variegates variegates

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CYPRINID; HOST SELECTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SYMPATRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HARAI RIVER; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; MIE;

ACHEILOGNATHINAE; ACHEILOGNATHUS RHOMBEUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; INVERSIDENS; PISCES; RHODEUS; SARCOCHEILICHTHYS; TANAKIA LANCEOLATA;

EID: 33845628187     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9076-6     Document Type: Article

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