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The size of lipid depots‐a factor contributing to the control of food intake in Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus?
Author(s) -
Jobling M.,
Miglavs I.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1993.tb00583.x
Subject(s) - salvelinus , biology , arctic , food intake , appetite , fish <actinopterygii> , the arctic , ecology , zoology , fishery , endocrinology , trout , oceanography , geology
Food intake of Arctic charr was greatest in the fish with reduced lipid depots. It is suggested that appetite declines as lipid accumulates and energy reserves become repleted, such that energy reserves are then maintained close to some set‐point.