Feeding, selection, digestion and absorption of the organic matter from mussel waste by juveniles of the deposit-feeding sea cucumber, Australostichopus mollis

Aquaculture

Volumn 317, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Zamora, Leonardo N ^a   Jeffs, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australostichopus mollis; Biodeposits; Deposit feeding; Organic matter; Sea cucumber; Sea ranching

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AQUACULTURE; BIVALVE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; DIGESTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SELECTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALOSTICHOPUS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PERNA; PERNA CANALICULUS;

EID: 79956002776     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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