Astaxanthin is a high value keto‐carotenoid pigment renowned for its commercial
application in various industries comprising aquaculture, food, cosmetic, nutraceutical and …

Astaxanthin is the main natural C40 carotenoid used worldwide in the aquaculture industry.
It normally occurs in red yeast Phaffia rhodozyma and green alga Haematococcus pluvialis …

Microbial oddities such as versatile pigments are gaining more attention in current research
due to their widely perceived applications as natural food colorants, textiles, antimicrobial …

Microalgae are a major natural source for a vast array of valuable compounds, including a
diversity of pigments, for which these photosynthetic microorganisms represent an almost …

Carotenoids are among the most prevalent pigments used in animal signals and are also
important for a range of physiological functions. These concomitant roles have made …

Major life history traits, such as fecundity and survival, have been consistently demonstrated
to covary positively in nature, some individuals having more resources than others to …

In egg-laying animals, mothers can influence the development of their offspring via the suite
of biochemicals they incorporate into the nourishing yolk (eg lipids, hormones). However …

Sea urchin gonads are highly priced sushi foodstuff “Uni” in Japanese traditional food, but
after removal of them the residual shells with spines are dumped as waste. However, sea …

In this trial, the interaction between two different light resource and different levels of two
pigments was investigated in order to determine their effects on growth and reproductive …

Of the five extant classes of echinoderms, it is the sea urchins (Echinoidea) and the sea
cucumbers (Holothuroidea) that are both commercially fished and heavily overexploited. In …