VOL. 65 NO. 1 February 1999
CONTENTS
Regular Papers
Reproduction and Estuarine Utilization of the Grey Mullet, Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1846), in the Area of Kaohsiung Harbor, Southern Taiwan.
Meng-Hsien Chen, Dah-Jye Wen, and Chiee-Young Chen···1
Age, Growth, and Feeding Habits of Lanternfish, Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Myctophidae), Collected from the Near-surface Layer in the Bering Sea
Akira Nishimura, Kazuya Nagasawa, Toru Asanuma, Hidetake Aoki, and Tadashi Kubota···11
Species Composition and CPUE of Pelagic Sharks Caught by Japanese Longline Research and Training Vessels in the Pacific Ocean.
Hiroaki Matsunaga and Hideki Nakano···16
Genetic Structure of Red Sea Bream (Pagrus major) Population off Japan and the Southwest Pacific, Using Microsatellite DNA Markers.
Ricardo Perez-Enriquez and Nobuhiko Taniguchi···23
A Marking Method for Kuruma Prawn Penaeus japonicus
Toshiaki Miyajima, Yuichi Hamanaka, and Koji Toyota···31
Role of Non Biological Processes Associated with Sediment in Purification of Coastal Seawater
Tsuneo Shiba, Tomohiro Itoh, Masatada Murakami, and Toshimichi Maeda···36
An Experimental Study of Interaction and Feeding Behaviour of Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis and Japanese Dace Tribolodon hakonensis.
Osamu Katano, Koji Maekawa, and Kei'ichiroh Iguchi···42
Use of Annual Density Banding to Estimate Longevity of Infauna of Massive Corals
Eijiroh Nishi and Moritaka Nishihira···48
Short-term Changes in Sedimentary Microbial Communities from Coastal Aquaculture Areas
Narasimmalu Rajendran, Hitomi Yoshinouchi, and Osamu Matsuda···57
Genetic Variation and Geographic Population Structure of Amphidromous Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis as Examined by Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing
Kei'ichiroh Iguchi, Yuki Tanimura, Hirohiko Takeshima, and Mutsumi Nishida···63
Short-term Occurrence and Rapid Growth of Spanish mackerel Larvae in the Central Waters of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan.
Jun Shoji, Tsutomu Maehara, and Masaru Tanaka···68
Age and Growth of the Black Rockfish Sebastes inermis in Eastern Sagami Bay off Miura Peninsula, Central Japan
Kenichi Utagawa and Toru Taniuchi···73
Well Developed Splenic Ellipsoids in Japanese Conger Conger myriaster
Shizuo Atsuta, Tasuku Watanabe, Hiroaki Nakamura, Michiko Kono, and Kiyoshi Furukawa···79
Effect of Environmental Hyperoxia on Respiration of Yellowtail Exposed to Chattonella marina
Yasuhiro Hishida, Atsushi Ishimatsu, and Tatsuya Oda···84
Developmental Changes in Tissue Thyroid Hormones and Cortisol in Japanese Sea Bass Lateolabrax japonicus Larvae and Juveniles.
Rafael Prez, Masamoto Tagawa, Tadahisa Seikai, Narisato Hirai, Yasuko Takahashi, and Masaru Tanaka···91
Semi-annual Reproductive Cycle of a Small Flounder Tarphops oligolepis in Wakasa Bay
Yuko Kamisaka, Masatomo Tagawa, and Masaru Tanaka···98
Inducible Conditions for Sorus Formation of the Sporophyte Discs of Laminaria japonica Areschoug (Phaeophyceae).
Hiroyuki Mizuta, Kazumi Nimura, and Hirotoshi Yamamoto···104
Near Range Errors in Sound Scattering Measurements of Fish
Masahiko Furusawa, Mitsutoshi Hamada, and Chiharu Aoyama···109
Age and Growth of Japanese Whiting Sillago japonica in Tateyama Bay
Sulistiono, Masashi Yokota, Shuichi Kitada, and Seiichi Watanabe···117
Glycolytic Enzymes in the Tissues of Three Species of Scallop (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)
Suwidji Wongso, Hideki Ushio, and Hideaki Yamanaka···123
Antibacterial Activity against Cariogenic Bacteria and Inhibition of Insoluble Glucan Production by Free Fatty Acids Obtained from Dried Gloiopeltis furcata
Hideyuki Kurihara, Yurie Goto, Masahiko Aida, Masashi Hosokawa, and Koretaro Takahashi···129
cDNA Cloning of Polypeptide Chain Elongation Factor 1α from Medaka Oryzias latipes
Masato Kinoshita, Takahiro Nakata, Kousuke Adachi, Taijiro Yabe, Yoshihiro Yokoyama, Haruhiko Toyohara, Takashi Hirata, Eiji Takayama, Satoshi Mikawa, Noriyuki Kioka, and Morihiko Sakaguchi···133
A Comparison of Cross-linking of Fish Myofibrillar Proteins by Endogenous and Microbial Transglutaminases
Chiaki Nakahara, Hisanori Nozawa, and Nobuo Seki···138
Suppression of Apoptosis of Fish Cells by Acclimation to Hypertonicity
Hisashi Hashimoto, Kazuharu Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Matsuo, Yoshihiro Yokoyama,
Haruhiko Toyohara, and Morihiko Sakaguchi···145
Evaluation of Rapeseed Protein Concentration as Protein Source of Diet for Red Sea Bream
Kenji Takii, Eiichi Kita, Motoji Nakamura, Hidemi Kumai, and Takashi Yagi···150
Production of β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase and Chitinase by Aeromonas Species Isolated from River Fish
Haruo Sugita, Shogo Yamada, Yukifumi Konagaya, and Yoshiaki Deguchi···155
Short Papers
Occurrence of an Unusual Accessory Growth Center on the Statolith of the Japanese Common Squid Todarodes pacificus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae)
Yuzuru Ikeda, Nobuaki Arai, Wataru Sakamoto, and Tatsuro Murayama···159
Preliminary Report on PIXE Analysis for Trace Elements of Octopus dofleini Statoliths
Yuzuru Ikeda, Nobuaki Arai, Wataru Sakamoto, Masaki Mitsuhashi, and Koji Yoshida···161
Coded Wire Tagging of the Short Necked Clam Ruditapes philippinarum.
Boon Keng Lim and Nobuo Sakurai···163
Occurrence of a Very High Density Lipoprotein in the Plasma from Wild Japanese Eel.
Seiichi Ando···165
Nucleotide Sequence of the Rainbow Trout Pit-1 Gene and its Promoter Region
Shoichi Yamada and Shinya Yamashita···167
Tissue Storage of Vitamin E in Grass Shrimp Penaeus monodon Fed Dietary DL-α-tocopheryl Acetate
Tsai-Shen Hsu and Shi-Yen Shiau···169
Toxins of the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum Halim from the Coastal Waters and Aquaculture Ponds in Southern Taiwan.
Deng-Fwu Hwang, Yung-Hsiang Tsai, Hsuan-Jung Liao, Kazumi Matsuoka, Tamao Noguchi, and Sen-Shyong Jeng···171
Z-Carotenoids in Cysts of Brine Shrimp, Artemia franciscana.
Miyuki Tsushima and Takao Matsuno···173
Influence of sodium tripolyphosphate on growth of Pseudomonas fluorescens.
Tadashi Fukao and Yoshiyuki Ohta···175
