Influence of food abundance on individual behaviour strategy and growth rate in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 684-691

  Brännäs, Eva ^a   Jonsson, Sara ^b   Lundqvist, Hans ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Fisheries Research Office   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; OCEAN HABITATS;

FOOD ABUNDANCE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; SWIMMING; TERRITORIALITY;

SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038148683     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-047     Document Type: Article

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