Chapter 7 Feeding, digestion, and digestibility

Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science

Volumn 37, Issue , 2007, Pages 135-158

  M Lawrence, John ^a   L Lawrence, Addison ^b   A Watts, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9309(07)80071-8     Document Type: Article

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