The phylogeography of Atlantic brown trout (Salmo trutta) was analysed using mitochondrial
DNA control region complete sequences of 774 individuals from 57 locations. Additionally …

The area around the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan in the north-western North Pacific
provides opportunities for studying the impact of climate oscillations on the evolutionary …

Climate oscillations during the Pleistocene had profound effects on the evolutionary history
of freshwater fishes now distributed across northern temperate regions. The extent of …

The reconstruction of regional fauna history is very important in the context of recent climate
change and anthropogenic transformation. We analyzed the mitochondrial nd1 gene …

Argulus japonicus Thiele, 1900 and Argulus coregoni Thorell, 1864 are ectoparasites of
freshwater fishes and are known to occur in Lake Biwa and its adjacent inland waters in …

Stream-dwelling white-spotted charr, Salvelinus leucomaenis, populations tend to have
unique color and spot patterns in different regions and may even display stream-specific …

Coldwater‐adapted freshwater fishes, especially their populations along warm‐range
margins, are most vulnerable to the climate oscillations associated with global warming …

The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and spotted seal (Phoca largha) are the main seal species
around Hokkaido, Japan. While some investigations have been conducted on the ecology …

Severe flooding often leads to downstream displacement of aquatic animals. Despite this,
many salmonid populations persist in habitats located upstream of tall barriers, such as …

The competitive interactions between hatchery and wild juvenile white‐spotted charr
Salvelinus leucomaenis were examined in enclosure experiments in a natural stream. A …