Enzymatic digestion in stomachless fishes: How a simple gut accommodates both herbivory and carnivory

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

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 603-613

  Day, Ryan D ^a   German, Donovan P ^b   Manjakasy, Jennifer M ^a   Farr, Ingrid ^a   Hansen, Mitchell Jay ^a   Tibbetts, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive modulation hypothesis; Belonidae; Compartmental model; Hemiramphidae; Plug flow reactor; Salinity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; GLYCOSIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELONIFORMES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; DIGESTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BELONIFORMES; DIET; DIGESTION; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEAWATER;

BELONIDAE; BELONIFORMES; HEMIRAMPHIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79959206460     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0546-y     Document Type: Article

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