Establishment of dominance relationships in gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata juveniles during feeding: Effects on feeding behaviour, feed utilization and fish health

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 790-805

  Montero, D ^a   Lalumera, G ^b   Izquierdo, M S ^a   Caballero, M J ^a   Saroglia, M ^b   Tort, L ^c  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Feed intake; Social hierarchy

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA BREAM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEA BREAM;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 62349137240     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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