Patterns of gastric evacuation, digesta characteristics and pH changes along the gastrointestinal tract of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-414

  Nikolopoulou, D ^a   Moutou, K A ^b   Fountoulaki, E ^a   Venou, B ^a   Adamidou, S ^a   Alexis, M N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carob seed germ meal; Digesta; Digesta moisture; European sea bass; Gastric evacuation; Gilthead sea bream; PH

Indexed keywords

FAT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; STARCH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; SEA BREAM; SPARUS AURATA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PH; WATER CONTENT;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; CERATONIA SILIQUA; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 79951767597     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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