魚類學相關名詞中英對照
名詞 定義 
assimilation (1) The total energy flow of a heterotrophic individual, population or trophic level; (2) Gross production of autotrophs; (3) In ecological energetics, that part of the consumption of an individual, population or trophic level which is incorporated into metabolic system for production, and respiration, per unit time, per unit area; metabolized energy expressed as assimilation (A) = production (P) + respiration (R), or A = consumption (C) - rejecta.  
同化作用 (1)異養生物個體、族群或營養階層的總能量流;(2)自營生物的總生產量;(3)在生態能量論中,個體、族群或營養階層的部分消費是用於生產與呼吸因而併入每單位時間與區域的新陳代謝系統中;能量的新陳代謝表現公式為:同化作用(A) = 生產 (P)+ 呼吸 (R),或 A = 消費 (C)- rejecta。 
※中文內容系使用機器由英文內容翻譯。