Predator-prey size relationship in siphon cropping between the juvenile stone flounder Platichthys bicoloratus and the bivalve Nuttallia olivacea

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-536

  Tomiyama, Takeshi ^a,b   Sasaki, Koichi ^a   Omori, Michio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nuttallia olivacea; Platichthys bicoloratus; Siphon cropping; Siphon size; Stone flounder; Sublethal predation

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; NUTTALLIA; PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS BICOLORATUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 4444238162     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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