Food utilisation and digestive ability of aquatic and semi-terrestrial crayfishes, Cherax destructor and Engaeus sericatus (Astacidae, Parastacidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-507

  Linton, Stuart Maxwell ^a   Allardyce, Benjamin J ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Wencke, Petra ^b   Saborowski, Reinhard ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cherax destructor; Crayfish; Digestive enzymes; Engaeus sericatus; Fatty acids; Feeding; Gastric mill; Midgut gland; Nutrition; Stomach content; Storage lipids

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CRAYFISH; DIET; DIGESTION; FECES; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIET; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMACH; VICTORIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ASTACIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; ENGAEUS SERICATUS; FUNGI; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 65249123370     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0332-2     Document Type: Article

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