Food intake and spontaneous swimming activity in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus): Role of brain serotonergic activity and social interactions

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1366-1370

  Øverli, Øyvind ^a,b   Winberg, Svante ^b   Damsgård, Børge ^c   Jobling, Malcolm ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032451107     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-050     Document Type: Article

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