Diel and Seasonal Occurrence Patterns of Drifting Fish Larvae in the Teima Stream, Okinawa Island

• Published in: Pacific science Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 161 - 176
• Main Authors: Maeda, Ken, Tachihara, Katsunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Hawai'i Press 01.04.2010; University of Hawaii Press
• Subjects: Distribution; Fishes; Fishes, Fresh-water; Migration; Japan

Drifting fish larvae were collected with a plankton net in the lower reaches of a freshwater area of the Teima Stream, Okinawa Island, Japan, during 24 hr periods each month from June 1998 to October 1999 (except July 1998). Newly hatched larvae of several gobioid and two pipefish species were colle...