Water temperature and prey size effects on the rate of digestion of larval and early juvenile fish

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 868-875

  Legler, Nicholas D ^a   Johnson, Timothy B ^b   Heath, Daniel D ^a   Ludsin, Stuart A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953521632     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-212.1     Document Type: Article

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