Feast to famine: The effects of food quality and quantity on the gut structure and function of a detritivorous catfish (Teleostei: Loricariidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-293

  German, Donovan P ^a   Neuberger, Daniel T ^a   Callahan, Meaghan N ^a   Lizardo, Norma R ^a   Evans, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Digestive enzymes; Electron microscopy; Fermentation; Histology; Intestinal surface area; Microvilli; Starvation

Indexed keywords

INTESTINE ENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATFISH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARVATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WILD TYPE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; LORICARIIDAE; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 74449087026     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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