Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has
evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes, ponds, rivers, rock pools and …

The generalized energy budget for fish (ie, Energy Consumed= Metabolism+ Waste+
Growth) is as relevant today as when it was first proposed decades ago and serves as a …

With the increasing appreciation of global warming impacts on ecological systems, in
addition to the myriad of land management effects on water quality, the number of literature …

The bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) undergoes several habitat shifts between the
littoral and pelagic zones of small lakes during its life history. After hatching in the littoral …

I Principles 1 1 Models of Systems 3 1. 1 Systems. Models. and Modeling.................... 3 1. 2
Uses of Scientific Models........................ 4 1. 3 Example: Island Biogeography..................... 6 1 …

Elaborations of the mass‐balance equation that partitions energy of consumed food into its
various physiological fates have flourished in the past 15 years. These bioenergetics models …

We present the results of an experiment designed to examine the role predator—avoidance
behaviors play in structuring a community. Previous studies have shown that small bluegills …

Fishes are important pools of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), and they have important
direct and indirect effects on cycling of these potentially limiting nutrients in lakes. We used a …

We investigated bioenergetics modeling of growth as an approach for assessing the effects
of temperature changes on stream dwelling rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Study …

Papers and panel discussions given during a 1992 symposium on bioenergetics models are
summarized. Bioenergetics models have been applied to a variety of research and …