Stable isotopes as a tool for nutrient assimilation studies in larval fish feeding on live food

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Schlechtriem, Christian ^a   Focken, Ulfert ^a   Becker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyprinus carpio; Larval nutrition; Panagrellus redivivus; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FEEDING; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; NUTRITION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CRUSTACEA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; NEMATODA; PANAGRELLUS; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842760525     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000020951.76155.3e     Document Type: Article

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