The effect of meal size on the rate of gastric evacuation of burbot, Lota lota (L.)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Paakkonen J P J ^a   Myyra R ^a   Marjomaki T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Burbot; Gastric evacuation; Lota lota; Meal size; Model

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GASTRIC EVACUATION; MODEL;

LOTA LOTA;

EID: 0033025949     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1999.tb00052.x     Document Type: Article

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