Ontogenetic changes in phototactic behavior during metamorphosis of artificially reared Japanese eel Anguilla japonica larvae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 379, Issue , 2009, Pages 241-251

  Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Miller, Michael J ^b   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a,b  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Anguillid eels; Fish larvae; Phototaxis; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; COASTAL WATER; EEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; METAMORPHOSIS; MIGRATION; ONTOGENY; PHOTOTAXIS; REARING; SWIMMING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 65649138720     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07912     Document Type: Article

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