Diel and seasonal occurrence patterns of drifting fish larvae in the teima stream, Okinawa Island

Pacific Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-176

  Maeda, Ken ^a   Tachihara, Katsunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; SPAWNING; TELEOST;

JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TEIMA RIVER;

PISCES; RHINOGOBIUS;

EID: 77952587324     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/64.2.161     Document Type: Article

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