The gut content of 30 wild specimens of Anadara tuberculosa collected in April, May, June and October 2000 in the Pacific coast of the Baja California Peninsula was analyzed. Histological sections of the gut were obtained. ...

BACKGROUND: Gut content may be determinant in the generation of digestive symptoms, particularly in patients with impaired gut function and hypersensitivity. Since the relation of intraluminal gas to symptoms is only ...

BACKGROUND: Gut content may be determinant in the generation of digestive symptoms, particularly in patients with impaired gut function and hypersensitivity. Since the relation of intraluminal gas to symptoms is only ...

Abatus agassizii is an irregular sea urchin species that inhabits shallow waters of South Georgia and South Shetlands Islands. As a deposit-feeder, A. agassizii nutrition relies on the ingestion of the surrounding sediment ...

Most of the world’s fish fauna is suffering from different types of human impacts and new conservation tools are required. The fish diet analysis is a tool that has been used to evaluate degradation processes of aquatic ...

The gut content (dry mass and organic matter fraction) of three antarctic ascidians (Corella antarctica, Cnemidocarpa verrucosa, and Molgula pedunculata) under different sedimentation regimes were estimated together with ...

Knowing the interactions between exotic and native species is essential to establish possible threats to the local fauna. In this study, we assessed the use of food resources and diet overlap between a recently introduced ...

The diet of Merluccius hubbsi first-feeding larvae was analysed and related to food availability in stratified waters of the Patagonian spawning area. The gut contents of small larvae ranging from 2 to 4 mm SL, collected ...