Variation in rates of food consumption and evidence for compensatory responses in the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus L. in relation to growth and reproduction

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 103-108

  All, M ^a   Wootton, R J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensation; Consumption; Growth; Minnow; Reproduction; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; REPRODUCTION;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0034040272     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2000.90112.x     Document Type: Review

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