Metabolic costs of changing the cation-anion difference in the diet of juvenile African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell)

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-45

  Dersjant Li, Y ^a   Verreth, J A J ^a   Tijssen, P A T ^a   Booms, R ^a   Verstegen, M W A ^a   Huisman, E A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African catfish; Electrolyte balance; Heat production; Maintenance costs; Metabolic expenditures; O2 consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003141689     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2095.2000.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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