Seasonal variation in body composition of Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, from an ultraoligotrophic alpine lake

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-235

  Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt ^a,b   Berg, O K ^a   Lohrmann, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lipid; Protein; Proximate composition; Seasonal variation; Somatic energy

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; LIPID; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORWAY;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0141484672     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2003.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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