The supply of amino acids during early feeding stages of marine fish larvae: A review of recent findings

Aquaculture

Volumn 227, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 147-164

  Ronnestad I ^a   Tonheim, S K ^b   Fyhn, H J ^a   Rojas Garcia C R ^a   Kamisaka, Y ^a   Koven, W ^c   Finn, R N ^a   Terjesen, B F ^d   Barr, Y ^d   Conceicao L E C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^d NOFIMA   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Absorption; Amino acids; CCK; Digestion; Fish larvae; Hydrolysate; Peristalsis; Prey; Protein; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

EID: 0242276316     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00500-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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