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- Title
Size at maturity of fluvial white-spotted charr, Salvelinus leucomaenis, around the Lake Biwa water system varies with habitat size.
- Authors
Kikko, Takeshi; Kataoka, Yoshitaka; Nishimori, Katsuhiro; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Kai, Yoshiaki; Nakayama, Kouji; Kitakado, Toshihide
- Abstract
Size at maturity of fluvial white-spotted charr, Salvelinus leucomaenis, was studied in small headwater tributaries of nine rivers around the Lake Biwa water system, Japan. Threshold size at maturity in both sexes showed significant positive relationships with water discharge, indicating that smaller threshold sizes at maturity of fluvial white-spotted charr occurred in smaller habitats. These results provide a link between size at maturity and habitat size and have important implications for the management of both habitats and white-spotted charr populations.
- Subjects
JAPAN; CHAR fish; HABITATS; FISH populations; LAKES
- Publication
Ichthyological Research, 2011, Vol 58, Issue 4, p370
- ISSN
1341-8998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10228-011-0229-z