The effect of feeding frequency on consumption of food, absorption efficiency, and gonad production in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-75

  Lawrence, John M ^a   Plank, Larry R ^a   Lawrence, Addison L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Feeding; Lytechinus; Nutrition; Reproduction; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GONAD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEA URCHIN;

ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0037221183     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00222-2     Document Type: Article

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