Effects of salinity on digestive protease activity in the euryhaline sparid Sparus aurata L.: A preliminary study

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 912-914

  Moutou, Katerina A ^a   Panagiotaki, Panagiota ^a   Mamuris, Zissis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin; Digestive proteases; Salinity; Sparus aurata; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

SPARUS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 3142647362     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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