Interactive effects of salinity on metabolic rate, activity, growth and osmoregulation in the euryhaline milkfish (Chanos chanos)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3355-3366

  Swanson, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chanos chanos; Energy partitioning; Fish; Growth; Metabolism; Milkfish; Osmoregulation; Salinity; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CHANOS CHANOS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032409501     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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