Fish Energetics
Published on 18. April 1985
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-7099-3410-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book should be of interest to biologists, fish biologists, fisheries scientists, marine and freshwater biologists and all those with an interest in the links between animal physiology, evolution and ecology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7099-3410-3 (9780709934103)
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Book
04/2012
Springer
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Content
Part I: Evolutionary aspects of energy budgets. Adaptive aspects of energy allocation - Peter Calow; Metabolic scope in fishes - Imants G Priede; Part II: Food and feeding. The application of optimal foraging theory to feeding behaviour in fish - Colin R Townsend and Ian J Winfield; Energetics of feeding and digestion - T J Pandian and E Vivekanandan; Laboratory methods in fish feeding and nutritional studies - Clive Talbot; Protein and amino acid requirements - Albert G J Tacon and Colin B Cowey; The hormonal control of metabolism and feeding - A J Matty and K P Lone; Part III: Production. Growth - Malcolm Jobling; Energetics of reproduction - Robert J Wootton; Part IV: Energy budgets. Laboratory studies of energy budgets - Alan E Brafield; Field studies of energy budgets - N M Soofiani and A D Hawkins; Energetics and fish farming - Brian Knights; Subject index. Systematic index.