Potential use of extremely high biomass and production of copepods in an enclosed brackish water body in Lake Nakaumi, Japan, for the mass seed production of fishes

Zoological Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-172

  Uye, Shin Ichi ^a   Nakai, Shinobu ^a   Aizaki, Moriyuki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brackish water ecosystem; Economic value; Eutrophication; Lake Nakaumi; Mass seed production of fish

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; COPEPODA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PAGRUS; PAGRUS MAJOR; PARALICHTHYS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PISCES; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 4143135372     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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