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Volatile fatty acids in the hindguts of herbivorous fishes from temperate and tropical marine waters |
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| Authors: | J. S. Kandel,M. H. Horn, W. Van, Antwerp&dagger |
| Affiliation: | Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92634;Science Consultants for Industry, Los Angeles, CA 90067, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | Relative volatile fatty acid composition in the hindgut of four seaweed-eating fishes ranged from acetate only in the cool temperate species to a full array of six types in the warm temperate species and the two tropical/subtropical species. |
| Keywords: | Cebidichthys violaceus Medialuna californiensis Kyphosus bigibbus K. vaigiensis volatile fatty acids microbial fermentation herbivory |