Growth and mortality of larval and juvenile Japanese seaperch Lateolabrax japonicus in relation to seasonal changes in temperature and prey abundance in the Chikugo estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 423-430

  Shoji, Jun ^a   Tanaka, Masaru ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ariake Bay; estuarine turbidity maximum; feeding; fish early life stages; Japan; survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; INGESTION RATE; JUVENILE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MIGRATION; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ARIAKE BAY; ASIA; CHIKUGO ESTUARY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS; SINOCALANUS SINENSIS;

EID: 34249070820     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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