The effect of food competition and relative size of group members on growth of juvenile gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-123

  Karplus, I ^a   Popper, D ^a   Goldan, O ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Food competition; Growth; Size matching; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FISH; FOOD; GROWTH ACCELERATION;

SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 0033997541     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007885525902     Document Type: Article

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