Relationship between prey utilization and growth variation in hatchery-reared Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis (Temminck et Schlegel), larvae estimated using nitrogen stable isotope analysis

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 537-545

  Tanaka, Yosuke ^a   Minami, Hiroshi ^b   Ishihi, Yuka ^c   Kumon, Kazunori ^a   Higuchi, Kentaro ^a   Eba, Takeshi ^a   Nishi, Akefumi ^a   Nikaido, Hideki ^a   Shiozawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding regime; Growth; Pacific bluefin tuna; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; DIET; FISH; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; PREY SELECTION; REARING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

LETHRINUS NEBULOSUS; ROTIFERA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 84893749212     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2012.03258.x     Document Type: Article

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