Bias in estimating food consumption of fish by stomach-content analysis

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2487-2498

  Rindorf, A ^a   Lewy, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; STOMACH CONTENT;

EID: 18544379798     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-200     Document Type: Article

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