Do random fluctuations in the intervals between feeding affect growth rate in juvenile three-spined sticklebacks?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1006-1014

  Ali, M ^a   Wootton, R J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth compensation; Lipids; RNA DNA ratio; Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

FEEDING REGIME; FISH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0032213156     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0766     Document Type: Article

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