Digestive Physiology of Marine Larvae: An Overview of Adaptations and Mechanisms

• Main Authors: Kumar, Vikas, Mitra, Anisa, Ragaza, Janice Alano
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/164; https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003359388
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The importance of studying digestive physiology in marine larvae provides valuable insights into their survival, ecological interactions, evolutionary adaptations, larval dispersal, and responses to environmental changes. This knowledge is essential for understanding and managing marine ecosystems, conserving biodiversity, and supporting sustainable practices in aquaculture and fisheries. More specifically, a review of the digestive physiology in marine larvae is important for larval survival and recruitment, ecological interactions, larval dispersal and connectivity, larval adaptations and evolution, larval rearing and aquaculture, and climate change and ocean acidification.