Diet and food selectivity of Japanese fluvial sculpin Cottus pollux (large-egg type) in the upper regions of the Chikuma River

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-364

  Natsumeda, Takaharu ^a,b   Tsuruta, Tetsuya ^a,c   Takeshima, Hirohiko ^a,d   Iguchi, Kei'ichiro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

IRI; Niche breadth; Prey diversity; Stomach pump; Water depth

Indexed keywords

BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COTTIDAE; COTTUS POLLUX; EPHEMERELLIDAE; GLOSSOSOMATIDAE; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 84868635436     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-012-0300-4     Document Type: Article

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