Gastric evacuation and movement of materials through the alimentary canal of green sunfish

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1059-1066

  Richardson, Dennis J ^a,b   Nickol, Brent B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032464814     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<1059:GEAMOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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