Seasonal differences in catches of leptocephali in the East China Sea and Suruga Bay, Japan

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 730-740

  Minagawa, Gen ^a   Miller, Michael J ^a   Kimura, Yobuo ^a   Watanabe, Shun ^a   Shinoda, Akira ^a   Aoyama, Jun ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

fish; fish larvae; leptocephali; marine eels; seasonality; spawning

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EEL; LARVA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHUBU; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU]; SURUGA BAY;

EID: 33846205266     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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