Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes

ISBN-13: 9781578083756 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 589 str.

J. E. P. Cyrino; D. Bureau

Opis

Covers topics such as feeding ecology of fish in their natural habitat, feeding behavior, digestive anatomy, biochemistry and physiology of different fish species at different life stages, the impact of diet on gastro-intestinal development and health, nutrition and disease resistance, and modeling conversion of food or feed inputs into biomass.

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Preface
List of Contributors
1. Feeding Ecology of Fishes in the Brazilian Amazon -
A Naturalistic Approach
Jansen Zuanon and Efrem Ferreira
2. Environmental Changes, Habitat Modifications and
Feeding Ecology of Freshwater Fish
Norma Segatti Hahn and Rosemara Fug
3. Feeding Activity in Teleost Fish: Influence of Biotic and
Abiotic Factors
Ann L. Gannam
4. Classical and Modern Concepts in Fish Digestion
Victoria V. Kuz'mina
5. Temperature Adaptation of Digestive Enzymes in Fish
Alexander Gelman, Victoria Kuz'mina, Vladimir Drabkin
and Larisa Glatman
6. Diets, Physiology, Biochemistry and Digestive Tract
Development of Freshwater Fish Larvae
Maria Célia Portella and Konrad Dabrowski
7. Ontogeny and Physiology of the Digestive System of
Marine Fish Larvae
José Luiz Zambonino Infante, Enric Gisbert, Carmen Sarasquete,
Isabel Navarro, Joachim Gutiérrez and Chantal L. Cahu
8. Tracer Studies in Fish Larvae
Luís E.C. Conceiçã o, Sofia Morais, Maria Teresa Dinis
and Ivar Rø nnestad
9. An Overview of the Feeding Ecology and Physiology of
Elasmobranch Fishes
Enric Corté s, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, John K. Carlson,
Lara Ferry-Graham and Bradley M. Wetherbee
10. Alternative Protein Sources and Digestive Function
Alterations in Teleost Fishes
Anne Marie Bakke-McKellep and Ståle Refstie
11. Nutrition and Disease Resistance in Fish
Chhorn Lim, Mediha Yildirim-Aksoy and Phillip H. Klesius
12. Efficiency of Conversion of Feed Inputs into Animal
Biomass: The Usefulness of Bioenergetics Models and
Need for a Transition to Nutrient-flow Models
Dominique P Bureau, Katheline Hua and Paula A. Azevedo
Index
Color Plate Section

O autorze

Cyrino, J E P