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Luís E.C. Conceição

Luís E.C. Conceição

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Biology and Biochemistry

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64
Citations
12196
World Ranking
9842
National Ranking
39

Overview

Luís E.C. Conceição is affiliated with the University of Algarve in Portugal. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a total of 87 publications and Immunology and Microbiology, represented by 43 publications. Within these domains, the scientist has contributed notably to several subfields including Aquatic Science, Immunology, Physiology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Ecology.

Their main research topics cover a wide spectrum related to aquatic organisms and their management. Key areas of work include Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, as well as Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Luís E.C. Conceição has published numerous articles in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Animals, with 9 publications, Aquaculture with 5, Aquaculture Nutrition featuring 4, OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA with 4, and Journal of Applied Phycology with 3.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Luís E.C. Conceição include:

  • Cross-Talk Between Intestinal Microbiota and Host Gene Expression in Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Juveniles: Insights in Fish Feeds for Increased Circularity and Resource Utilization, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • How tryptophan levels in plant-based aquafeeds affect fish physiology, metabolism and proteome, 2020, Journal of Proteomics
  • Immune Status and Hepatic Antioxidant Capacity of Gilthead Seabream Sparus aurata Juveniles Fed Yeast and Microalga Derived β-glucans, 2021, Marine Drugs
  • A novel fish meal-free diet formulation supports proper growth and does not impair intestinal parasite susceptibility in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) with a reshape of gut microbiota and tissue-specific gene expression patterns, 2022, Aquaculture
  • Dietary methionine supplementation improves the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune status following long-term feeding on fishmeal-free diets, 2020, British Journal Of Nutrition

Their work often intersects with multiple collaborators. Frequent co-authors include Sofía Engrola, Jorge Dias, Benjamín Costas, Tomé S. Silva, and Rita Colen, reflecting ongoing collaborative research partnerships across their publications.

Best Publications

  • Live feeds for early stages of fish rearing.

    Luís E C Conceição;Manuel Yúfera;Pavlos Makridis;Sofia Morais

  • Fish larval nutrition and feed formulation - knowledge gaps and bottlenecks for advances in larval rearing

    Kristin Hamre;Manuel Yúfera;Ivar Rønnestad;Clara Boglione

  • A review of the culture potential of Solea solea and S. senegalensis

    A. K. Imsland;A. Foss;L. E. C. Conceição;M. T. Dinis

  • Effect of dietary non-protein energy levels on condition and oxidative status of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) juveniles

    R Rueda-Jasso;Lec Conceicao;J Dias;W De Coen

  • What determines growth potential and juvenile quality of farmed fish species

    Luísa M.P. Valente;Katerina A. Moutou;Luis E.C. Conceição;Sofia Engrola

  • High stocking density induces crowding stress and affects amino acid metabolism in Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis (Kaup 1858) juveniles

    Benjamín Costas;Cláudia Aragão;Juan Miguel Mancera;Maria Teresa Dinis

  • The supply of amino acids during early feeding stages of marine fish larvae: a review of recent findings

    I. Rønnestad;S.K. Tonheim;H.J. Fyhn;C.R. Rojas-Garcı́a

  • Free Amino Acids Are Absorbed Faster and Assimilated More Efficiently than Protein in Postlarval Senegal Sole (Solea senegalensis)

    Ivar Rønnestad;Luis E. C. Conceição;Claudia Aragão;Maria T. Dinis

  • Amino acid pools of rotifers and Artemia under different conditions: nutritional implications for fish larvae

    Cláudia Aragão;Luis E.C Conceição;Maria Teresa Dinis;Hans-Jørgen Fyhn

  • Physiological responses of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858) after stress challenge: Effects on non-specific immune parameters, plasma free amino acids and energy metabolism

    Benjamín Costas;Luís E.C. Conceição;Cláudia Aragão;Juan A. Martos

  • Coping styles in farmed fish: consequences for aquaculture

    Maria Filipa Castanheira;Luis E.C. Conceição;Sandie Millot;Sonia Rey;Sonia Rey

  • Amino acid requirements of fish larvae and post-larvae: new tools and recent findings

    L.E.C. Conceição;H. Grasdalen;I. Rønnestad

  • Larvae digestion and new weaning experiments in Solea senegalensis

    M. T. Dinis;L. Ribeiro;L. E. C. Conceição;C. Aragão

  • New developments and biological insights into the farming of Solea senegalensis reinforcing its aquaculture potential

    Sofia Morais;Cláudia Aragão;Elsa Cabrita;Luís E.C. Conceição

  • Amino acid metabolism and protein turnover in larval turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) fed natural zooplankton or Artemia.

    L. E. C. Conceição;T. van der Meeren;J. A. J. Verreth;M. S. Evjen

  • Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis in a marine vertebrate: ontogenetic and nutritional regulation of a fatty acyl desaturase with Δ4 activity.

    Sofia Morais;Filipa Castanheira;Laura Martinez-Rubio;Luis E.C. Conceição

  • Dietary lipid level affects growth performance and nutrient utilisation of Senegalese sole ( Solea senegalensis ) juveniles

    Pedro Borges;Beatriz Oliveira;Susana Casal;Jorge Dias

  • Effect of dietary carbohydrate-to-lipid ratios on growth, lipid deposition and metabolic hepatic enzymes in juvenile Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis, Kaup)

    Jorge Dias;Rebeca Rueda‐Jasso;Stephan Panserat;Luis E C da Conceição

  • A balanced dietary amino acid profile improves amino acid retention in post-larval Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)

    Cláudia Aragão;Luis E.C. Conceição;Dulce Martins;Ivar Rønnestad

  • Digestive physiology of marine fish larvae: Hormonal control and processing capacity for proteins, peptides and amino acids

    I. Rønnestad;Y. Kamisaka;L.E.C. Conceição;S. Morais

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Teresa Dinis
Maria Teresa Dinis University of Algarve
Luisa M.P. Valente
Luisa M.P. Valente University of Porto
Ivar Rønnestad
Ivar Rønnestad University of Bergen
Manuel Yúfera
Manuel Yúfera Spanish National Research Council
Jorge M.O. Fernandes
Jorge M.O. Fernandes Nord University
Jaume Pérez-Sánchez
Jaume Pérez-Sánchez Spanish National Research Council
Kristin Hamre
Kristin Hamre Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Johan A.J. Verreth
Johan A.J. Verreth Wageningen University & Research
Douglas R. Tocher
Douglas R. Tocher Shantou University
Marit Espe
Marit Espe Institute of Marine Research

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