Evidence for adaptive matching of appetite in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with regular seasonal rhythms of food availability

Aquaculture

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 411-414

  Simpson, Anna L ^a   Thorpe, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOAEFD Freshw Fisheries Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Atlantic salmon; Seasonal rhythms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APPETITE; ATLANTIC SALMON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0030811476     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(96)01496-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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