Estimating diets of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using fatty acid signature analyses; validation with controlled feeding studies

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1033-1046

  Budge, Suzanne M ^a   Penney, Sarah N ^a   Lall, Santosh P ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIET; FATTY ACID; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONID FISHERY;

CLUPEIDAE; EUPHAUSIACEA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84868032569     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-039     Document Type: Article

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