Digestive efficiency and dry-matter digestibility in Steller sea lions fed herring, pollock, squid, and salmon

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 234-239

  Rosen, D A S ^a   Trites, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034030144     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-201     Document Type: Article

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