Diel activity and reproductive territory of the Japanese bagrid catfish, Pseudobagrus ichikawai

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-86

  Watanabe, Katsutoshi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bagridae; Home range; Nocturnal; Shelter; Siluriformes

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TELEOST; TERRITORIALITY;

BAGRIDAE; PSEUDOBAGRUS ICHIKAWAI; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 35848966983     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9173-6     Document Type: Article

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