Predation by the swimming crab Charybdis japonica and piscivorous fishes: A major mortality factor in hatchery-reared juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus released in Mano Bay, Sado Island, Japan

Fisheries Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Sudo, Hiroyuki ^a   Kajihara, Naoto ^b   Fujii, Tetsuo ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Mitochondrial DNA; Predator; Stock enhancement; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

CHARYBDIS JAPONICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INIMICUS JAPONICUS; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PISCES; PLATYCEPHALUS CROCODILUS; PLATYCEPHALUS INDICUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 36549043901     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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