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Fields of interest:

• Animal Science
• Invertebrates physiology,
• Nutrition,
• Aquaculture

Recent publications:

E. Mente, D.F. Houlihan and K. Smith:
Growth, feeding frequency, protein turnover, and amino acid metabolism in European lobster Homarus gammarus L,
Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 289(7), (2001), pp. 419-432.

E. Mente, D.F. Houlihan, P. Coutteau and P. Sorgeloos:
Protein turnover, amino acid profile and amino acid flux in juvenile shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei: effects of dietary protein source,
Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 205, (2002), pp. 3107-3122.

E. Mente, A. Legeay, D.F. Houlihan and J.C. Massabuau:
Influence of oxygen partial pressures on protein synthesis in feeding crabs,
American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 284, (2003), pp. 500-510.

E. Mente, S. Deguara, M.B. Santos and D.F. Houlihan:
White muscle free amino acid concentrations following feeding a maize gluten dietary protein in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.),
Aquaculture, Vol. 225, (2003), pp. 133-147.

K. Schmidt, J.W. McClelland, E. Mente, J.P. Montoya, A. Atkinson and M. Voss:
Trophic level interpretation based on d15N values: implications of tissue-specific fractionation and amino acid composition,
Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 266, (2004), pp. 43-58.

B. Santos, G.J. Pierce, A. López, R.J. Reid, V. Ridoux, E. Mente:
Pygmy sperm whales Kogia breviceps in the Northeast Atlantic: new information on stomach contents and strandings,
Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 22(3), (2006), pp. 600-616.

W.D. ΜcCausland, E. Mente, G.J. Pierce and I. Theodossiou:
A simulation model of sustainability of coastal communities: aquaculture, fishing, environment and labour markets,
Ecological Modelling, Vol. 193, (2006), pp. 271-294.

E. Mente:
Protein nutrition in crustaceans.
CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, No. 0.43, (2006), pp. 1-7.

E. Mente:
Reproductive Biology of Crustaceans. Case studies of Decapod crustaceans.
Book. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire, USA, 2007.
ISBN 978-1-57808-529-3.

E. Mente, G.J. Pierce, N. Spencer, J.C. Martin, I.T. Karapanagiotidis, M.B. Santos, J. Wang and C. Neofitou:
Diet of demersal fish species in relation to aquaculture development in Scottish sea lochs,
Aquaculture, Vol. 277, (2008), pp. 263-274.