Ingestion, digestion, and digestibility of regular sea urchins

Abstract Sea urchins are omnivores. In the field, they consume the food that is available, although they do have preferences when a choice is present. This results from attractants, incitants, stimulants, and deterrents present in potential food, and also its physical characteristics. Abiotic factors such as hydrodynamics, light, and temperature and biological factors such as their physiological, nutritional, reproductive state, and body size affect feeding. The basic array of digestive enzymes is present, but sea urchins have little capacity to digest insoluble structural carbohydrates. This affects digestibility and capacity for production. Information about feeding, digestion, and digestibility is essential to understand the biology and ecology of sea urchins and to develop feeds for their aquaculture.

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  Biology, Environmental Science

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