Digestive physiology of marine fish larvae: Hormonal control and processing capacity for proteins, peptides and amino acids

Aquaculture

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 82-97

  Ronnestad I ^a   Kamisaka, Y ^a   Conceicao L E C ^b   Morais, S ^b   Tonheim, S K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Absorption; Amino acids; CCK; Digestion; Fish larvae; Hydrolysate; Juvenile; Peptides; Prey; Protein; Transporters

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIGESTIBILITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING MECHANISM; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; ONTOGENY; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347371590     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.04.031     Document Type: Article

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