Do herbivorous minnows have "plug-flow reactor" guts? Evidence from digestive enzyme activities, gastrointestinal fermentation, and luminal nutrient concentrations

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 759-771

  German, Donovan P ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactor models; Digestion; Digestive physiology; Microbial; Nutritional ecology

Indexed keywords

CAMPOSTOMA; CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CAMPOSTOMA OLIGOLEPIS; CAMPOSTOMA ORNATUM; CAMPOSTOMA PAUCIRADII; CYPRINIDAE; NOCOMIS MICROPOGON;

GLUCOSE; HYDROLASE; LIPID; PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; DIET; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MEXICO; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; STOMACH JUICE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CYPRINIDAE; DIET; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCOSE; HYDROLASES; LIPIDS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEINS; RIVERS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349770153     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0359-z     Document Type: Article

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