Composition and energy density of eggs from two species of freshwater turtle with twofold ranges in egg size

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Booth, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ash; Composition; Egg; Energy; Lipid; Protein; Turtle; Water

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EGG; EGG SIZE; EGG YOLK; ENERGY; NONHUMAN; TURTLE; WATER CONTENT;

CHELODINA EXPANSA; EMYDURA SIGNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037219030     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00216-7     Document Type: Article

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