Cyclic temperatures influence growth efficiency and biochemical body composition of vertically migrating fish

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1554-1566

  Mehner, Thomas ^a   Schiller, Susanne ^a   Staaks, Georg ^a   Ohlberger, Jan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics advantage; Bioimpedance analysis; Coregonus; Diel vertical migration; Lipids

Indexed keywords

COREGONUS; COREGONUS ALBULA; SALMONIFORMES;

EID: 79958058033     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02594.x     Document Type: Article

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