A noninvasive method to determine fat content in small fish based on swim bladder size estimation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 408-415

  Kotrschal, Alexander ^a,b   Fischer, Barbara ^a,c,d   Taborsky, Barbara ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; HISTOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CICHLIDS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; ORGAN SIZE; PRESSURE;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; SIMOCHROMIS; TROPHEINI;

EID: 79960047603     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.686     Document Type: Article

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