Distribution depth of the transforming stage larvae of myctophid fishes in the subtropical-tropical waters of the western North Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2181-2193

  Sassa, Chiyuki ^a   Kawaguchi, Kouichi ^a   Hirota, Yuichi ^b   Ishida, Minoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution depth; Lower mesopelagic zone; Myctophid fishes; Ontogenetic vertical migration; Subtropical tropical western North Pacific; Transforming stage larvae

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SAMPLING; WATER WAVES;

DISTRIBUTION DEPTH; LOWER MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MYCTOPHID FISHES; ONTOGENETIC VERTICAL MIGRATION (OVM); SUBTROPICAL-TROPICAL WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; TRANSFORMING STAGE LARVAE;

SEA LEVEL;

DIEL MIGRATION; LARVA; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BENTHOSEMA; BOLINICHTHYS; CENTROBRANCHUS; CERATOSCOPELUS; DIAPHUS; DIOGENICHTHYS; HYGOPHUM; LAMPANYCTUS; LOBIANCHIA; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM; NOTOLYCHNUS VALDIVIAE; PISCES; SYMBOLOPHORUS; TRIPHOTURUS;

EID: 36348945656     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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