Comparison of compensatory growth responses of juvenile three-spined stickleback and minnow following similar food deprivation protocols

Effect of cycles of feed deprivation on

Effect of cycles of feed deprivation on growth and food consumption of immature three-spined sticklebacks and European minnows

✍ L. Wu; S. Xie; Y. Cui; R. J. Wootton 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 158 KB

Individual juvenile three‐spined sticklebacks __Gasterosteus aculeatus__ and European minnow __Phoxinus phoxinus__, from sympatric populations, were subjected to four cycles of 1 week of food deprivation and 2 weeks of __ad libitum__ feeding. Mean specific growth rate during the weeks of deprivation