In situ determination of food daily ration in fish: Review and field evaluation

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-74

  Héroux, Danielle ^a   Magnan, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational bias; Eggers model; Elliott Persson model; Instantaneous evacuation rate

Indexed keywords

DAILY RATION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; IN SITU DETERMINATION;

EID: 0029728868     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00001699     Document Type: Review

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