Size selectivity of escape holes in conger tube traps for inshore hagfish Eptatretus burgeri and white-spotted conger Conger myriaster in Tokyo Bay Mami HaradaTadashi TokaiTakamichi Shimizu OriginalPaper Pages: 477 - 488
Application of NaLA, a fishing net configuration and loading analysis system, to bottom gill nets Takashi ShimizuTsutomu TakagiKatsutaro Yamamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 499
Individual consistency between diel activity during rearing and behavior after release in red tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus revealed by laboratory observation and acoustic telemetry Takashi YokotaReiji MasudaNobuaki Arai OriginalPaper Pages: 500 - 511
Recording cerebellar neuron activities in swimming goldfish Noritaka MatsumotoMasayuki YoshidaKazumasa Uematsu OriginalPaper Pages: 512 - 521
Seasonal changes in distribution and abundance of euphausiids in the coastal area of north-eastern Japan Kenji Taki OriginalPaper Pages: 522 - 533
Distribution, growth and hatch date of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis in the coastal area of the sea of Japan Yosuke TanakaMasahiko MohriHarumi Yamada OriginalPaper Pages: 534 - 542
Analysis of bacterial communities in Nannochloropsis sp. cultures used for larval fish production Gentoku NakaseMitsuru Eguchi OriginalPaper Pages: 543 - 549
Population structure of Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus inferred by nucleotide sequence analysis of mitochondrial COI gene Nariaki InoueHiromi WatanabeHideo Sekiguchi OriginalPaper Pages: 550 - 556
Trawling experiment in a circular water tank to assess the effects of towing speed, light intensity, and mesh shape on active escape of undersized fish Mohamed GabrYasuzumi FujimoriTeisuke Miura OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 564
Assessment of marine thraustochytrid Schizochytrium limacinum OUC88 for mariculture by enriched feeds Xiaojin SongXuecheng ZhangChenghong Kuang OriginalPaper Pages: 565 - 573
Immunohistochemical changes in production of pituitary hormones during artificial maturation of female Japanese eel Anguilla japonica Yuichi OzakiKoichi IshidaKohei Yamauchi OriginalPaper Pages: 574 - 584
Age validation and growth variability of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus off the Pacific coast of northern Japan Michio YonedaYutaka KuritaKiyotaka Takahashi OriginalPaper Pages: 585 - 592
Carbon source and trophic position of pelagic fish in coastal waters of south-eastern Izu Peninsula, Japan, identified by stable isotope analysis Noriyuki TakaiNoriyuki HiroseKiyoshi Yoshihara OriginalPaper Pages: 593 - 608
Seasonal changes in biomass of macrophytes stranded on Yoro Beach along a sargassacean forest in Wakasa Bay, Sea of Japan Kousuke YatsuyaTomokazu NishigakiYozo Wada OriginalPaper Pages: 609 - 614
Annual dynamics of marine birnavirus (MABV) in cultured Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus and sea water Manami InabaTakeshi KimuraSatoru Suzuki OriginalPaper Pages: 615 - 622
Maturation and spawning of Spratelloides gracilis Clupeidae in temperate waters off Cape Shionomisaki, central Japan Norio ShirafujiYoshiro WatanabeTomohiko Kawamura OriginalPaper Pages: 623 - 632
Myxobolus nagaraensis n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) causes abdominal distension of freshwater goby Rhinogobius sp. OR type from the Nagara River Hiroshi YokoyamaTetsushi KageyamaTetsuya Yanagida OriginalPaper Pages: 633 - 639
C-protein (MyBP-C) isoforms from carp ordinary and dark muscles and muscle type-specific binding to myosin Tsuyoshi OkagakiRyo SuzukiAtsushi Ooi OriginalPaper Pages: 640 - 650
Characteristics of burnt meat in cultured yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata Daisy Arroyo MoraYuki HamadaKatsuyasu Tachibana OriginalPaper Pages: 651 - 659
Differences in free amino acid composition between testis and ovary of sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina during gonadal development Kazufumi OsakoAkihiko FujiiAkira Okamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 660 - 667
Oxidative stability of salmon and herring roe lipids and their dietary effect on plasma cholesterol levels of rats Hiromi MoriyaTakashi KuniminatoKazuo Miyashita OriginalPaper Pages: 668 - 674
Cellulose digestion by common Japanese freshwater clam Corbicula japonica Kentaro SakamotoKen TouhataHaruhiko Toyohara OriginalPaper Pages: 675 - 683
Insight into nucleotide and Ca2+ binding to carp α-actin Atsushi OoiHisaaki Soematsu OriginalPaper Pages: 684 - 693
Lactic acid bacteria effective for regulating the growth of contaminant bacteria during the fermentation of Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyta) Motoharu UchidaMasakazu MurataFumiyasu Ishikawa OriginalPaper Pages: 694 - 704
Suppression of fish meat softening by strict control of storage temperature Masashi AndoShintaro MizuochiKen -Ichi Kawasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 705 - 712
Conditions for the induction of some selective enzymes from Bacillus subtilis and their hydrolysis ability against mackerel and gracilar (asparagus, Gracilaria verrucosa) Li -Jung YinPei -Chien WuShann -Tzong Jiang OriginalPaper Pages: 713 - 723
Possibility for decreasing of mercury content in bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis by fish culture Masashi NakaoManabu SeokaMasashi Ando OriginalPaper Pages: 724 - 731
The presence of scavengers increases the vulnerability of juvenile abalone to predatory fish Setuo Kiyomoto Short Paper Pages: 732 - 734
Estimation of the frequency of maturity and sexual differences in the maturation period of the roughskin sculpin Trachidermus fasciatus Norio OnikuraNaohiko TakeshitaSeiro Kimura Short Paper Pages: 735 - 737
DNA content of the cell nucleus in the macroalga Porphyra yezoensis (Rhodophyta) Kazuyo Matsuyama-SerisawaMaki YamamotoNaotsune Saga Short Paper Pages: 738 - 740
Ca2+ transport activity of scallop divalent metal transporter at the concentration of seawater level Masaya TakagiJunko TakiyaHaruhiko Toyohara Short Paper Pages: 741 - 743
Water solubilization of glycated carp and scallop myosin rods, and their soluble state under physiological conditions S. KatayamaH. Saeki Erratum Pages: 744 - 744
