Variation in evacuation rates of different foods skew estimates of diet in the western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-350

  Waddington, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary composition; Foregut; Gut content analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; DIGESTION; EXCRETION; GREEN ALGA; LOBSTER; STOMACH CONTENT;

ALGAE; CLUPEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBSTER; PANULIRUS CYGNUS;

EID: 43749122731     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07156     Document Type: Article

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