Aquatic Animal Nutrition A Mechanistic Perspective from Individuals to Generations /

This book is a unique cross fertilization of aquatic ecology and aquaculture. It shows how diets structure the digestive tract and its microbiota and, in turn, the microbiota influences life history traits of its host, including behavior. Short-term starvation can have beneficial effects on individu...

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Main Author: Steinberg, Christian E. W. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91767-2
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: ‘You Are What You Eat’
  • Chapter 2. Diets and Digestive Tracts: ‘Your Food Determines Your Intestine’
  • Chapter 3. The Intestinal Microbiota:‘Your Eating Feeds a Plethora of Guests’ and ‘This Plethora of Guests Determines Who You Are and How Well You Do’
  • Chapter 4. Dietary Restriction, Starvation, Compensatory Growth: ‘Short-Term Fasting Does Not Kill You: It Can Make You Stronger’
  • Chapter 5. Chrononutrition: ‘The Clock Makes Good Food’
  • Chapter 6. Transgeneratinal Effects: ‘Your Offspring Will Become What You Eat’
  • Chapter 7. Trophic Diversification and Speciation: ‘Your Eating Fuels Evolution’.