TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Introduction (PDF Format)

 

Gut Morphology and Digestion

Digestive enzymes as an indicator of feeding ecology of wild fish. Kuz'mina, VV 9

The influence of starvation on the carbohydrate transport in carp gut. Golovanova, IL 15

The effect of live food, artificial and mixed diet on the survival, growth and digestive enzyme activities of Clarias gariepinus larvae. Kamarudin, MS, HA Bakar and CR Saad 19

Dietary and morphological development in four species of Siganidae at Green Island Reef: implications for food availability and digestive capabilities. Pitt. JM 25

Structure and function of the intestinal epithelium in freshwater teleosts with different types of feeding. Kuperman, BI and VV Kuz'mina 33

Effect of pH, temperature and some pollutants on fish digestive enzymes in nature and experiments. Kuz'mina, VV and IL Golovanova 37

Diet and digestive efficiency of zebraperch, an herbivorous fish of Southern California marine waters. Sturm, EA and MH Horn 41

 

Modeling and Methodology

Inferring ecological relationships from the edges of scatter diagrams: a comparison of least squares and quanile regression techniques. Scharf, FS, F Juanes, and M Sutherland 47

Seasonal daily ration estimates of walleye pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea from a bioenergetics model. Buckley, TW and PA Livingston 55

On the growth of the Mediterranean hake from the Santa Pola Bay, Spain. Garcia-Rodriguez, M and A Esteban 65

Sample size and data analysis: are we characterizing and comparing diet properly? Ferry, LA and GM Cailliet 71

Estimation of daily ration of age-0 walleys: application of a low-cost/low-effort model in fish ecology studies. Madon, SP 81

Spatial patterns of salmon prey, feeding and growth in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Rand, PS and SG Hinch 91

 

Feeding Ecology

Non-indigenous species cause major shifts in the food-base of estuarine-dependent fishes. Castillo, GC, TW Miller,JW Chapman and HW Li 101

Differential survival of chinook salmon released into two adjacent but dissimilar fjords. MacKinlay, DD 111

Kinematics of feeding in the swellshark: evidence for bidirectional flow. Ferry, LA 117

A diet of pike in Lake Peipsi (Estonia). Kangur P 125

Feeding of pikeperch in Lake Peipsi (Estonia).. Kangur, Andu 131

A study of food and feeding of grey mullets in the southern part of the Caspian Sea. Ghadirnejad, H and JS Ryland 137

Growth studies on rabbitfish in the Arabian Gulf near Dammam, Saudia Arabia. Wassef, EA and HA Abdulhady 145

 

Nutrition

Large eyes as indicators of reduced growth. Paulsen, H 151

The role of adiposity in appetite control in juvenile chinook salmon. Shearer, K and J Silverstein 159

Reproductive cycling and control in some NW Atlantic teleosts. Burton, MPM 165

Protein metabolism in fish: comparative turnover rates. Houlihan, D, I McCarthy, S Owen and C Carter 171

Muscle protein sysnthesis and protein deposition in rainbow trout. McCarthy, I, D Houlihan and C Carter 179

Effect of feeding versus starvation on DNA synthesis in rainbow trout fry. Chung, KS, MW Shen and EM Donaldson 187

Feeding effects on the RNA/DNA ratio in juveniles of corocoro grunt. Segnini de B, MI and KS Chung 195

Effect of ration, temperature and body weight on growth of black porgy. Li, J 201

Flesh pigmentation of Clarius gariepinus : uptake and deposition of dietary carotenoids. Appelbaum, S and JC McGeer 209