Akio Sohma

A coupled water-quality–Ecopath with Ecosim model incorporating sand-lance aestivation dynamics in the Harima-Nada Sea

Sand lance ( Ammodytes japonicus ) is an important forage fish in the Harima-Nada Sea, Japan, but its stock has declined markedly in recent decades under concurrent changes in nutrient availability and water temperature. To clarify the mechanisms underlying these changes, we deve...