Effect of fasting and repeat feeding on metabolic rate in Southern Catfish, Silurus meridionalis chen

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Fu, Shi Jian ^a   Xie, Xiao Jun ^b   Cao, Zhen Dong ^a  

^a CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategy; Energy expenditure; Feeding metabolism; Food resources; Resting metabolic rate; Silurus meridionalis chen

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; METABOLISM;

HYMENOPHYSA CURTA; SILURUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 27844489531     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240500231532     Document Type: Article

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