Varying resistance of zooplankton prey to digestion: Implications for quantifying larval fish diets

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 545-551

  Sutela, T ^a,b   Huusko, A ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOSMINA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; DAPHNIA; POLYARTHRA; SYNCHAETA;

EID: 0034068638     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0545:VROZPT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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