Group holding impedes compensatory growth of hybrid sunfish

Aquaculture

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 299-305

  Hayward, Robert S ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Noltie, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Hybrid bluegill; Hybrid sunfish; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYBRID; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUNFISH; WEIGHT GAIN;

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; COMPENSATION; GROUP SIZE; GROWTH RATE; PERCIFORM;

LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0034653202     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00301-4     Document Type: Article

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