Physiological and hormonal changes during prolonged starvation in fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1447-1458

  Bar, Nadav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; FAT; FISH; HORMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84907494328     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0175     Document Type: Article

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