Prelude to the anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe Masahide YumaIzumi NakamuraKurt D. Fausch OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 8
The life and work of Hiroya Kawanabe: the priest ecologist Masahide YumaEiji Harada OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 35
Research on fish ecology in Japan: a brief history and selected review Kurt D. FauschShigeru Nakano OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 95
Distribution of the freshwater fishes of Japan: an historical overview Masahide YumaKazumi HosoyaYoshikazu Nagata OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 124
New aspects of sex change among reef fishes: recent studies in Japan Tetsuo KuwamuraYasuhiro Nakashima OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 135
Evolution of freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla: a probable scenario Katsumi TsukamotoJun Aoyama OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 148
Genetic structure and differentiation of four Lethenteron taxa from the Far East, deduced from allozyme analysis Yuji YamazakiAkira Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 161
Osteology of Zacco pachycephalus, sensu Jordan & Evermann (1903), with special reference to its systematic position Hiroshi AshiwaKazumi Hosoya OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 171
A study of the systematics of cyprinid fishes by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis Jun-Ichi MiyazakiTamio HirabayashiTetsuo Iwami OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 179
Fertilization environment of the non-copulating marine sculpin, Hemilepidotus gilberti Youichi HayakawaHiroyuki Munehara OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 186
Comparison of laboratory-reared eggs, embryos and larvae of five labrid fishes Seishi KimuraYoshinori NakayamaTakanari Kiriyama OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 201
Life-history variations in the fluvial sculpin, Cottus nozawae (Cottidae), along the course of a small mountain stream Akira Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 212
Spawning ecology of Japanese surf smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Osmeridae), in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan Taro HiroseKouichi Kawaguchi OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 223
Timing and sites of parturition of the viviparous scorpionfish, Sebastiscus marmoratus Hiroshi FujitaMasanori Kohda OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 229
Coexistence of permanently territorial cichlids of the genus Petrochromis through male-mating attack Masanori Kohda OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 242
Dyadic relationships in nesting males of the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus Seiichi Mori OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 250
Sex determination system of the rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus ocellatus Kouichi Kawamura OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 260
Reproductive success in female Neolamprologus mondabu (Cichlidae): influence of substrate types Yasuhiro TakemonKatsuyuki Nakanishi OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 269
Parental care and social organization of the spiny eel, Aethiomastacembelus platysoma, in Lake Tanganyika Naoya Abe OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 280
Daily spawning and development of sensitivity to gonadotropin and maturation-inducing steroid in the oocytes of the bambooleaf wrasse, Pseudolabrus japonicus Michiya MatsuyamaSumito MoritaMasaaki Kashiwagi OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 290
Effects of sandy substrate and light on hypermelanosis of the blind side in cultured Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus Nakahiro IwataKotaro Kikuchi OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 297
Factors influencing otolith strontium/calcium ratios in Anguilla japonica elvers Yutaka KawakamiNoritaka MochiokaAkinobu Nakazono OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 303
Growth of dark chub, Zacco temmincki (Cyprinidae), with a discussion of sexual size differences Osamu Katano OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 312
Analyses of growth processes of pond smelt, Hypomesus nipponensis, in Lake Ogawara, Japan, through the use of daily otolith increments Satoshi KatayamaMichio OmoriRichard L. Radtke OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 319
Starvation of drifting goby larvae due to retention of free embryos in upstream reaches Akihisa MoriyamaYasunobu YanagisawaKoji Omori OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 329
Feeding of a benthic goby in a river where nektonic fishes are absent Tomonori OsugiYasunobu YanagisawaNobuhiko Mizuno OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 343
Competitive interactions for foraging microhabitat among introduced brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, and native bull charr, S. confluentus, and westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, in a Montana stream Shigeru NakanoSatoshi KitanoKurt D. Fausch OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 355
Temporal variation in foraging group structure of a size-structured stream fish community Usio NisikawaShigeru Nakano OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 370
Food resources of shrimp-eating cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika Masahide YumaTetsuya NaritaTakaki Kondo OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 378
Feeding habits of largemouth bass in a non-native environment: the case of a small lake with bluegill in Japan Mikio AzumaYasunari Motomura OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 389
A new perspective on lakes: Kawanabe's latest achievements David L.G. Noakes OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 394