Vol. 74 No. 4, JULY 2008 CONTENTS |
| 2007 Award of Excellence for Scientific Paper Entitles | |
| 569 | |
| Achievement Award for Young Scientist in Fisheries Science 2007 | |
| Studies on the mechanism of production and function of sex steroid hormones in fish | |
| YUKINORI KAZETO | 577 |
| Studies on the behavioral ecology and thermal adaptation mechanisms of Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis | |
| TAKASHI KITAGAWA | 580 |
| Impacts of male-only fishing on large decapod crustacean resources | |
| TAKU SATO | 584 |
| Protein engineering studies on the thermal gel-forming ability of fish myosin | |
| HIDETO FUKUSHIMA | 588 |
| Originals | |
| Growth of the juvenile red snow crab Chionoecetes japonicus in Toyama Bay estimated from carapace width frequency distribution | |
| TSUNEO MAEDA AND RYO TSUJIMOTO | 592 |
| Inhibitory effects of centric diatoms on the growth of the dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea | |
| TADASHI MATSUBARA, SOU NAGASOE, YASUHIRO YAMASAKI, TOMOYUKI SHIKATA, YOHEI SHIMASAKI, YUJI OSHIMA AND TSUNEO HONJO |
598 |
| Characteristics of fractional phosphorus distribution in sediment of fish farming area at Lake Kasumigaura, Japan | |
| YUICHI ISHII, NOBUYUKI KOMATSU, SATOSHI HARIGAE, TOHRU YABE, KEIJI WATANABE, MASAMI NEGISHI AND JUN IWASAKI |
607 |
| Evaluation of the stocking efficiency of giant cuttlefish Sepia latimanus hatchlings through marking experiments | |
| SHIGEKI DAN, KATSUYUKI HAMASAKI, TAKASHI YAMASHITA, MASAKAZU OKA AND SHUICHI KITADA |
615 |
| Temperature effects of rotifer Brachionus plicatilis mass culture on rearing efficiency of larval Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus | |
| TSUTOMU TOMODA, MASAHIKO KOISO AND YASUHIRO SHIMA | 625 |
| Distribution of egg production of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, from 1980 to 2005 | |
| NAOAKI KONO AND HIROMU ZENITANI | 636 |
| Effects of photoperiod on survival, growth and feeding of seven band grouper Epinephelus septemfaciatus larvae | |
| KAZUHISA TERUYA, KENZO YOSEDA, MASAKAZU OKA, TOYOHIRO NISHIOKA, SYOJI NAKANO, KOH-ICHIRO MORI, TAKUMA SUGAYA AND KATSUYUKI HAMASAKI |
645 |
| Effects of ozonized seawater and povidone iodine on hatching rate of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus eggs | |
| KENGO OHTA, MASATO ARITAKI AND KEN-ICHI WATANABE | 653 |
| Bloom of a large diatom Chaetoceros densus in the coastal area of Kagawa Prefecture from Harima-Nada to Bisan-Seto, the Seto Inland Sea, in February 2005: environmental features during the bloom and influence on Nori Porphyra yezoensis cultures | |
| KENICHI OYAMA, SADAAKI YOSHIMATSU, KEIJI HONDA, YUKITOSHI ABE AND TOKISHIGE FUJISAWA |
660 |
| Development of high-speed salting method for boiled and salted Undaria pinnatifida and Laminaria religiosa | |
| MUNENAKA ONODERA, YUMIKO YOSHIE-STARK AND TAKESHI SUZUKI | 671 |
| Denitrification and nitrogen fixation rates at tidal flats and coastal bottom areas | |
| TOHRU SEIKI, ETSUJI DATE AND MITSUMASA OKADA | 678 |
| Development of coagulant for dredging using sea alga; Preparation of algal paste and its coagulating effect for muddy water | |
| MAKIKO ENOKI, MICHISUKE SATO, KODAI KANEDA, RYOTA SEKIYAMA, AKIKO NAKAGAWA, YASUMITSU URAKI AND HARUYUKI KANEHIRO |
688 |
| Occurrence of deformity of the inter-nostril epidermis in artificially raised black rockfish Sebastes inermis, jacopever Sebastes schlegeli and Japanese stingfish Sebastiscus marmoratus juveniles (Short Paper) | |
| MASANOBU MATSUOKA | 694 |
| The effect of ship rocking on the dropout of neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in jigging fishery (Short Paper) | |
| HIDEYUKI YAMASHITA, KOHEI KUROSAKA, YOUSUKE OCHI AND MICHIO OGAWA | 697 |
| Regional News | |
| 700 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| 709 | |
| New Books | |
| 715 | |
| Topics | |
| 716 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 74, No. 4 | |
| 740 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 74 No. 3 | |
| 743 | |
| Voice | |
| 748 | |
| Letter from Board of Directors | |
| 749 | |
| Announcements | |
| 751 | |