The costs of becoming nocturnal: Feeding efficiency in relation to light intensity in juvenile Atlantic Salmon

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-391

  Fraser, N H C ^a   Metcalfe, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish vision; Foraging; Invertebrate drift; Salmo salar; Winter

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC SALMON; FISH JUVENILE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NOCTURNAL FEEDING;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0030617611     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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