Diurnal and nocturnal feeding activity in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2894-2900

  Alanärä, Anders ^a   Brännäs, Eva ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ARCTIC CHARR; FEEDING ACTIVITY; RAINBOW TROUT;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; SALMONIFORMES; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031432765     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-187     Document Type: Article

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