Starvation and low feeding levels result in an enrichment of 13C in lipids and 15N in protein of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L.

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-100

  Gaye Siessegger, J ^a,c   Focken, U ^a   Abel, Hj ^b   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Fisheries Research Station of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Fasting; Nutritional physiology; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 34250621541     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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