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gastric-lavage (Ambystomatidae)

Subcategory: dietary analysis
Standard reference: Leigler and Sullivan 1979; Zerba 1989
Papers: 6 | Mentions: 6

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Description

Modified gastric-lavage technique to obtain stomach contents for prey identification, enumeration, and biomass/caloric calculations using published conversion factors.

Typical Equipment

  • gastric-lavage equipment
  • dissecting microscope

Output Measurements

  • prey taxonomic composition
  • prey biomass
  • caloric content