Session 5: Advances in epi- and meso-pelagic ecosystem research

Richard D. Brodeur (Invited)
Micronekton and their importance in the northern California Current Ecosystem
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Andrey V. Suntsov
Adaptive radiations in mesopelagic fishes: The role of key innovations
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Vladimir I. Radchenko
Ratio of myctophid and bathylagid fish biomasses as an index of mesopelagic fish community status
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Michael J. Miller and Katsumi Tsukamoto
Distribution and ecology of leptocephali in the western North Pacific gyre ecosystem
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Hiroshi Kubota, Yoshioki Oozeki and Ryo Kimura
Factors responsible for the differences in feeding habits of mesopelagic fishes (Myctophidae and Gonostomatidae) and larval and juvenile Japanese anchovy
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Todd W. Miller, Richard D. Brodeur and Greg H. Rau
Trophic relationships of nekton and zooplankton in the northern California Current: Insights from diet and stable isotope analysis
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Hiroya Sugisaki, Masatoshi Moku, Kazuhisa Uchikawa, Kotaro Tsuchiya, Yuji Okazaki and Makoto Okamoto
Vertical distribution and feeding habit of mesopelagic fishes and squids off northeastern Japan
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Oleg N. Katugin, Gennady A. Shevtsov and Mikhail A. Zuev
Distribution and life cycle patterns of the squid Gonatopsis octopedatus and Gonatopsis japonicus (Cephalopoda: Gonatidae) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
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Kaori Takagi, Akihiko Yatsu, Hiroshi Itoh, Masatoshi Moku, Ken Mori and Hiroshi Nishida
Distribution and prey composition of juvenile small epipelagic fishes and myctophids in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Transition Zone in spring, 2002-2004
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Hiroaki Saito (Invited)
Dynamic linkage between epipelagic and mesopelagic ecosystems by horizontal and vertical migrations of myctophids
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Alexei M. Orlov and Anatoly K. Gruzevich
Distribution of micronekton within lower mesopelagic layers of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea in relation to hydrological and hydrochemical environmental parameters
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Galina V. Belova and Vadim F. Savinykh
Reproductive biology of the mesopelagic fishes Tarletonbeania crenularis and Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Osteichthyes: Myctophidae) from the northwestern Pacific
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Jun Yamamoto, Mio Tateyama Yoshihiko Kamei, Keiichiro Sakaoka Naoto Kobayashi and Yasunori Sakurai
Interannual variability of the community structure of epipelagic nekton along 155ºE longitude in early summer
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