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Manuel Yúfera is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on a range of topics within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science, contributing to 14, 11, and 11 publications in these fields respectively.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Aquatic Science, Immunology, Ecology, Physiology, and Molecular Biology. The main research topics highlighted in their publications encompass Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Animal Genetics and Reproduction, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Recent papers authored by Yúfera include:

  • Effects of different feeding frequencies on growth, feed utilisation, digestive enzyme activities and plasma biochemistry of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed with different fishmeal and fish oil dietary levels, 2020, Aquaculture
  • The digestive function of gilthead seabream juveniles in relation to feeding frequency, 2020, Aquaculture
  • Interaction Between Dietary Lipid Level and Seasonal Temperature Changes in Gilthead Sea Bream Sparus aurata: Effects on Growth, Fat Deposition, Plasma Biochemistry, Digestive Enzyme Activity, and Gut Bacterial Community, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Biochemical features and modulation of digestive enzymes by environmental temperature in the greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Ontogeny of Expression and Activity of Digestive Enzymes and Establishment of gh/igf1 Axis in the Omnivorous Fish Chelon labrosus, 2020, Animals

Yúfera's frequent co-authors include Carmen Navarro-Guillén, Neda Gilannejad, Gonzalo Martínez-Rodriguez, Francisco Javier Moyano, and Erick Perera, reflecting collaborative efforts across various studies.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Aquaculture, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Animals.

Best Publications

  • Live feeds for early stages of fish rearing.

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

  • Feeding behaviour and digestive physiology in larval fish: current knowledge, and gaps and bottlenecks in research

    Ivar Rønnestad;Manuel Yúfera;Bernd Ueberschär;Laura Ribeiro

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

    Kristin Hamre;Manuel Yúfera;Ivar Rønnestad;Clara Boglione

  • The onset of exogenous feeding in marine fish larvae

    Manuel Yúfera;M. J. Darias

  • Histology and histochemistry of the development of the digestive system of larval gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata L.

    M.C. Sarasquete;A. Polo;M. Yúfera

  • Effects of temperature on egg and larval development of Sparus aurata L.

    A. Polo;M. Yúfera;E. Pascual

  • Assessment of digestive enzyme activities during larval development of white bream

    J. B. Cara;F. J. Moyano;S. Cárdenas;C. Fernández-Díaz

  • Digestive enzyme activity during larval development of the Senegal sole (Solea senegalensis)

    I. Martínez;F.J. Moyano;C. Fernández-Díaz;M. Yúfera

  • Feeding behaviour and prey size selection of gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, larvae fed on inert and live food

    C. Fernandez-Diaz;E. Pascual;M. Yufera

  • 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

  • A highly efficient microencapsulated food for rearing early larvae of marine fish

    Manuel Yúfera;E. Pascual;C. Fernández-Díaz

  • Fantastically plastic: fish larvae equipped for a new world

    Karin Pittman;Manuel Yúfera;Michail Pavlidis;Audrey J. Geffen

  • Effect of starvation on the feeding ability of gilthead seabream (Spams aurata L.) larvae at first feeding

    M. Yúfera;E. Pascual;A. Polo;M.C. Sarasquete

  • Feeding time synchronises daily rhythms of behaviour and digestive physiology in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

    A. Montoya;J. F. López-Olmeda;Manuel Yúfera;M. J. Sánchez-Muros

  • Free amino acid leaching from a protein-walled microencapsulated diet for fish larvae

    Manuel Yúfera;S. Kolkovski;C. Fernández-Díaz;K. Dabrowski

  • Acidic Digestion in a Teleost: Postprandial and Circadian Pattern of Gastric pH, Pepsin Activity, and Pepsinogen and Proton Pump mRNAs Expression

    Manuel Yúfera;Francisco J. Moyano;Antonio Astola;Pedro Pousão-Ferreira

  • Comparative energetics during early development of two marine fish species, Solea senegalensis (Kaup) and Sparus aurata (L.).

    G Parra;M Yúfera

  • Detecting growth in gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata L., larvae fed microcapsules

    C. Fernández-Díaz;Manuel Yúfera

  • Teleost fish larvae adapt to dietary arachidonic acid supply through modulation of the expression of lipid metabolism and stress response genes

    Dulce Alves Martins;Filipa Rocha;Gonzalo Martinez-Rodriguez;J Gordon Bell

  • Fish larval nutrition and feed formulation – knowledge gaps and bottlenecks for advances in larval rearing (a larvanet review).

    Kristin Hamre;Manuel Yúfera;L. E. C. Conceição;Ivar Rønnestad

Frequent Co-Authors

Luís E.C. Conceição
Luís E.C. Conceição University of Algarve
Ivar Rønnestad
Ivar Rønnestad University of Bergen
Maria Teresa Dinis
Maria Teresa Dinis University of Algarve
Carmen Sarasquete
Carmen Sarasquete Spanish National Research Council
Marisol Izquierdo
Marisol Izquierdo University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Kristin Hamre
Kristin Hamre Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Jaume Pérez-Sánchez
Jaume Pérez-Sánchez Spanish National Research Council
Susan E. Douglas
Susan E. Douglas Lloyds Banking Group (United Kingdom)
Gert Flik
Gert Flik Radboud University

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