Juvenile bimodal length distribution and sea‐run migration of the lower modal group in the Pacific Ocean form of three‐spined stickleback | Zendy

Kitamura T. | Zendy; Kume M. | Zendy; Takahashi H. | Zendy; Goto A. | Zendy

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Juvenile bimodal length distribution and sea‐run migration of the lower modal group in the Pacific Ocean form of three‐spined stickleback

Author(s) -

Kitamura T.,

Kume M.,

Takahashi H.,

Goto A.

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of fish biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 115

eISSN - 1095-8649

pISSN - 0022-1112

DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01184.x

Subject(s) - gasterosteus , stickleback , three spined stickleback , biology , juvenile , pacific ocean , ecology , zoology , fishery , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , geology

Juvenile three‐spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in their nursery pond had a bimodal length distribution after October in their first year of life. A sea‐run migration of all individuals belonging to the lower modal group was observed, with a peak in early November. These data suggest that partial migration based on the early status of individual juveniles occurs in the Pacific Ocean form of three‐spined stickleback.

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