Optimization of the protein fraction of microcapsules used in feeding of marine fish larvae using in vitro digestibility techniques

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-113

  Alarcon F J ^a   Moyano, F J ^a   Diaz M ^a   Fernandez Diaz C ^b   Yufera M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

In vitro digestibility; Larval diets; Marine fish; Microcapsules, proteases

Indexed keywords

SEPIIDAE;

EID: 0000188760     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2095.1999.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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