Supported by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Network Program with the Canadian Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Network(CIMTAN);the Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans St.Andrews Biological Station,the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41676162);Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KFJSTS-ZDTP-055)。
The suspension-feeding sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa has become commercially important in recent years.Finding proper diets is the first important step for intensive aquaculture of this sea cucumber.In this study,ad...
funded by grants from USDA-NIFA(2016-67017-24427)to JEW;NOAA Marine Debris(NA17NOS-9990121)programs to JEW and SES.
In aquatic environments,suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs are exposed to a manifold of natural and anthropogenically derived particles,including micro-and nanoplastics.Plastic particles interact with feeding and dig...