Physiological responses to short-term fasting among herbivorous, omnivorous, and carnivorous fishes

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 497-512

  Day, Ryan D ^a,c   Tibbetts, Ian R ^a   Secor, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ctenopharyngodon idella; Fasting; Ictalurus punctatus; Intestinal hydrolases; Intestinal morphology; Intestinal nutrient transport; Micropterus salmoides; Microvilli; pH; Refeeding; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BASS; CARP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET RESTRICTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ICTALURIDAE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASS; CARPS; ENZYMES; FASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICTALURIDAE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84920153109     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0813-4     Document Type: Article

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