Vol. 78 No. 2, MARCH 2012 CONTENTS |
| Originals | |
| Stock assessment and release strategy of red sea bream Pagrus major in Kagoshima Bay, Japan | |
| HIROTOSHI SHISHIDOU, AYUKO TAKIMOTO, YASUHIRO OBATA, KATSUYUKI HAMASAKI AND SHUICHI KITADA |
161 |
| Estimation of the spatial distribution of a Sargassum bed in Kuruminose, Yamaguchi, Japan, using an acoustic method | |
| KENJI MINAMI, AKIRA HAMANO, NAOKI TOJO, TAKESHI NAKAMURA, HIROKI YASUMA AND KAZUSHI MIYASHITA | 171 |
| Hydrodynamic characteristics of plane minnow netting made of high-strength polyethylene (Dyneema) | |
| TAISEI KUMAZAWA, FUXIANG HU, HIROMI KINOSHITA AND TADASHI TOKAI | 180 |
| Photosynthetic and temperature characteristics of five Sargassum species (Fucales), S. piluliferum, S. patens, S. fusiforme, S. crispifolium, and S. alternato-pinnatum from Kagoshima, Japan, using dissolved oxygen sensor and pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM) fluorometer | |
| YUTARO TSUCHIYA, GREGORY N. NISHIHARA AND RYUTA TERADA | 189 |
| Genetic differentiation of the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii between North Pacific and South Atlantic populations | |
| TOSHIE WAKABAYASHI, SHIRO WADA, YOUSUKE OCHI, TARO ICHII AND MITSUO SAKAI |
198 |
| Genetic differentiation of annual Zostera marina L. growing in Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima, Japan based on an analysis using microsatellite markers | |
| HIROMORI SHIMABUKURO, MASAKAZU HORI, SATOSHI YOSHIMITSU, NARIMITSU TOKUNAGA, TADAMITSU IGARI, KENSUKE SASAKI, MASAHIRO NAKAOKA, MASAKO KAWANE, GORO YOSHIDA AND MASAMI HAMAGUCHI | 204 |
| Population genetic structure of the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis | |
| KOHEI KUROSAKA, TAKASHI YANAGIMOTO, TOSHIE WAKABAYASHI, YUYA SHIGENOBU, YOUSUKE OCHI AND HIROSHI INADA |
212 |
| Role of ocypodid crabs on carbon and nitrogen cycle in a tidal flat | |
| TAKAHITO OHZONO AND TOMOYUKI MIURA | 220 |
| Growth of Chionoecetes japonicus females west of the Oki Islands, Sea of Japan | |
| IKUKO YOSHO, TARO HIROSE AND SHIGERU SHIRAI | 230 |
| Feeding trial of red sea bream with dioxin-reduced fish oil | |
| TOMOKI HONRYO, HIROSHI YAMAMOTO, ATSUNORI KUMANISHI, HIDEKI HIROSE AND YOSHIFUMI SAWADA |
241 |
| Recovery of nori Porphyra color by uptake of nutrients supplied intermittently from rivers | |
| SHUZO TAKAGI, YASUKO SHIMIZU, KOJI KUSAKA, TOKISHIGE FUJISAWA, MUNEHIRO FUJIWARA, YASUNORI WATANABE AND TATEKI FUJIWARA |
246 |
| Distribution and stranding records of the northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus near Tsugaru Strait during winter and spring 2009 (Short Paper) | |
| TAKANORI HORIMOTO, YOKO MITANI, YUMI KOBAYASHI, KAORU HATTORI AND YASUNORI SAKURAI |
256 |
| N-Acyl homoserine lactone-producing abilities of intestinal bacteria from cultured Japanese smelt (Short Paper) | |
| CHIA-HUI CHEN, MASAYUKI OGAWA, KAZUYUKI SAGARA, SHIRO ITOI AND HARUO SUGITA |
259 |
| Symposia | |
| Present state and the prospect of application of the genome information to aquaculture | |
| KATSUTOSHI ARAI, NOBUAKI OKAMOTO, NOBUHIKO TANIGUCHI, MASAMICHI NAKAJIMA, KATSUHIKO T WADA, SHUNSUKE OBINATA, OSAMU MURATA, KEITARO KATO, TAKAFUMI FUJIMOTO, HIDEHIRO KONDO, IKUO HIRONO, TAKASHI AOKI, TAKASHI SAKAMOTO, KANAKO (KOBAYASHI) FUJI, CECILIA C. SANCHEZ, OSAMU HASEGAWA, KAZUHIRO HONDA, KIYOHIRO KUMASAKA, HIROSHI MURAKAMI, TAKAHIRO NAGAI, OSAMU KAWAGUCHI, YOSHISUKE IIDA, KIYOSHI KIKUCHI, WATARU KAI, KAZUO ARAKI, JYUNYA AOKI, AKIYUKI OZAKI, KAZUNORI YOSHIDA, TATSUO TSUZAKI, KOJI MIKAMI, TOSHIKI UJI, RYO HIRATA, MEGUMU TAKAHASHI, NAOTSUNE SAGA, KAZUHARU NOMURA, TAKUMA SUGAYA AND MOTOHIKO SANO |
262 |
| A microbe's-eye view of coastal environments: Toward the preservation and restoration of Ariake Sea | |
| MINORU WADA, IKUO YOSHINAGA, RYUJI KONDO, YU UMEZAWA, TAKESHI NAGANUMA, KANAKO NAITO, KENJI FURUKAWA, TERUKI AMANO, HIROAKI TSUTSUMI AND HISAO MORISAKI |
274 |
| Damages to fisheries by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami disasters | |
| 285 | |
| News | |
| The Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Aquaculture | |
| 289 | |
| Regional News | |
| 293 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| 301 | |
| New Books | |
| 304 | |
| Topics | |
| 307 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 78, No. 2 | |
| 323 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 78, No. 1 | |
| 326 | |
| Letter from Board of Directors | |
| 330 | |
| Announcements | |
| 331 | |