Food competition in small groups of juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-106

  Goldan, Oded ^a   Popper, Dan ^a   Karplus, Ilan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Food competition; Social control of growth; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH CULTURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARICULTURE;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 0344897778     PISSN: 0792156X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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