About the Authors
- Takeo Kurihara
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* E-mail: takeo@affrc.go.jp
Affiliation Ariake Yatsushiro Center, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Nagasaki City, Japan
- Hideaki Yamada
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Affiliation Research Center for Subtropical Fisheries, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Okinawa, Japan
- Ken Inoue
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Affiliation Ishigaki Branch, Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries & Ocean Research Center, Okinawa, Japan
- Kenji Iwai
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Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Sea Farming Center, Okinawa, Japan
- Masayuki Hatta
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TK. Performed the experiments: TK HY KI KI. Analyzed the data: TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK KI KI MH. Wrote the paper: TK MH.