Adaptive winter survival strategies:Defended energy levels in juvenile Atlantic salmon along alatitudinal gradient

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1684, 2010, Pages 1113-1120

  Finstad, Anders G ^a   Berg, Ole Kristian ^b   Forseth, Torbjorn ^a   Ugedal, Ola ^a   Naesje, Tor F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Energy storage; Lipid; Overwintering strategies; Starvation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; FEEDING MECHANISM; FOOD SUPPLY; JUVENILE; LIPID; OVERWINTERING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALMONID; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 77950807869     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1874     Document Type: Article

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