Continuous recording of uneaten food pellets and Demand-Feeding activity: A new approach to studying feeding rhythms in fish

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 689-695

  Madrid, J A ^a   Azzaydi, M ^a   Zamora, S ^a   Sanchez Vazquez F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demand feeding; Feeding rhythms; Food consumption; Sea bass; Uneaten pellets

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030754459     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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