Interrelationship between Fish Nutrition and Physiological Growth

Dear Colleagues,

Several factors are known to affect fish growth, and these are often manipulated to obtain faster growth and better fish quality. Fish nutrition is one of the key factors that can either limit or boost growth; therefore, considerable research has been dedicated to this subject. Diets can have an impact on fish metabolism and muscle growth patterns. These are especially relevant in aquaculture where diets represent a high cost of production and where different ingredients are continuously tested in search for balanced diets which optimise feed conversion rates, protein retention and, at the same, are environmentally sustainable. This Special Issue aims to collect studies that focussed on the impact of fish nutrition in the physiological processes that are related to growth such as nutrient metabolism and muscle growth patterns.

Dr. Margarida Saavedra
Guest Editor

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• aquaculture
• fish diets
• metabolism
• muscle fibres
• enzymes, proteomics