Digestive enzyme and gut surfactant activity of detritivorous gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1113-1119

  Smoot, James C ^a,b   Findlay, Robert H ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM;

EID: 0033923283     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-036     Document Type: Article

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