Chemical composition and tissue energy density of the cuttlefish (Sepia apama) and its assimilation efficiency by Diomedea albatrosses

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

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1247-1255

  Battam, H ^a   Richardson, M ^b   Watson, A W T ^c   Buttemer, W A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Niche Environment and Heritage   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Assimilation efficiency; Cephalopods; Proximate analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIPID; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CUTTLEFISH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MALE; MOLTING; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; SEPIA;

CEPHALOPODA; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEIDAE; MOLLUSCA; SEPIA APAMA; SEPIIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77958478649     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0497-3     Document Type: Article

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