Diet influences salinity preference of an estuarine fish, the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1965-1974

  Bucking, Carol ^a,b,c   Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Grosell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Calcium; Digestion; Feeding; Fundulus heteroclitus; Ionoregulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALCIUM INTAKE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DIET; DIGESTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SALT INTAKE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; DIGESTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRESH WATER; FUNDULIDAE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84861638944     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061515     Document Type: Article

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