chapter 1 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi and the nature of life / chapter 2 Glen King and the Henry Loren family / chapter 3 Analytical enigmas in assaying for vitamers C / chapter 4 Gluconolactone oxidase presence in fishes: activity and significance / chapter 5 Critical review of the requirements of ascorbic acid in cold and cool water fishes (salmonids, percids, plecoglossids, and flatfishes) / chapter 6 Ascorbic acid requirement in freshwater and marine fish. Is there a difference? / chapter 7 Requirements of L-ascorbic acid in a viviparous marine teleost, Korean rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli (Hilgendorf) / chapter 8 Vitamin C requirement in crustaceans / chapter 9 Dietary requirements for ascorbic acid by warmwater fish / chapter 10 The impact of micronutrients on the requirement of ascorbic acid in crustaceans and fish / chapter 11 The role of ascorbic acid and its derivatives in resistance to environmental and dietary toxicity of aquatic organisms / chapter 12 The effect of ascorbic acid on the immune response in fish / chapter 13 Critical review of the concentration, interactions with other nutrients, and transfer of ascorbic acid in algae, crustaceans, and fish / chapter 14 Live food-mediated vitamin C transfer in sea bass (Dicentrachus Labrax, L.) first feeding / chapter 15 In vitro methods and results of ascorbic acid absorption in epithelial tissues of fish / chapter 16 Critical review of the effects of ascorbic acid on fish behavior / chapter 17 Past, present, and future of ascorbic acid research in aquatic organisms