Effects of different seaweed diets on growth, digestibility, and ammonia-nitrogen production of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka)

Aquaculture

Volumn 338-341, Issue , 2012, Pages 304-308

  Xia, Sudong ^a,b   Yang, Hongsheng ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Liu, Shilin ^a   Zhou, Yi ^a   Zhang, Lili ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Shandong Oriental Ocean Sci Tech Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen production; Digestibility; Growth; Sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka))

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARTIFICIAL DIET; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DIGESTIBILITY; ECHINODERM CULTURE; GROWTH RATE; INGESTION RATE; NITROGEN; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; LACTUCA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA JAPONICA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM POLYCYSTUM; SARGASSUM THUNBERGII; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84862794585     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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