Mechanistic modelling of gastric evacuation in predatory gadoids applying the square root model to describe surface-dependent evacuation

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1392-1412

  Andersen, N G ^a   Beyer, J E ^b  

^a Nordsocentret   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cylindrical prey geometry; Gastric evacuation model; Prey heterogeneity; Prey homogeneity; Surface dependent process

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; GADOID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT;

GADIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 33845521832     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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