Compensatory responses to food restriction in juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2524-2534

  Roark, Alison M ^a,b   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Hood College   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; ; Body size; ; Catch up growth; ; Chelonia mydas; ; Compensatory growth; ; Conversion efficiency ; ; Food restriction; ; Green turtle; ; Hyperphagia; ; Nutrition; ; Organ size; ; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPENSATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY RISK; PROTEIN; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 69449098854     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1835.1     Document Type: Article

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