The diet and digestive energetics of an Australian short-necked turtle, Emydura macquarii

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-349

  Spencer, Ricky John ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a   D Hume, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Digestive physiology; Emydura macquarii; Energetics; Freshwater turtle; Murray River

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FISH; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TURTLE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EMYDURA MACQUARII; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032439977     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10132-0     Document Type: Article

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