Chemical composition of three dominant myctophid fish, Diaphus theta, Stenobrachius leucopsarus, and S. nannochir, in the subarctic and transition waters of the western North Pacific

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-846

  Moku, Masatoshi ^a   Kawaguchi, Kouichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body length; Carbon and nitrogen cycles; Myctophid fish; Oceanic ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TELEOST;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

DIAPHUS THETA; MYCTOPHIDAE; STENOBRACHIUS LEUCOPSARUS;

EID: 46049088146     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540800132X     Document Type: Article

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