2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Empirical evidence for maladaptive trait change causedby fishing
Project/Area Number |
21780184
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
General fisheries
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Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture |
Principal Investigator |
CHIBA Susumu 東京農業大学, 生物産業学部, 准教授 (00385501)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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Keywords | 甲殻類 / 進化 / 水産資源 / 生活史 / 性転換 |
Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate fishery-induced maladaptive changes in traits of the male-first sex-change shrimp, Pandalus latirostris. Abundance of this shrimp in all populations observed in this study is unstable or has been decreasing. Wh
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