How feeding performance and energy intake change with a small increase in the body size of the three-spined stickleback

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 878-890

  Gill, A B ^a,b   Hart, P J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Coral Cay Conservation Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding energetics; Fish size; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Handling time; Prey selection; Prey size

Indexed keywords

ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING PERFORMANCE;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0030479979     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01483.x     Document Type: Article

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