Role of salinity on food conversion efficiency and growth in juvenile penaeid shrimp Metapenaeus dobsoni (Crustacea/Arthropoda)
DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
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Role of salinity on food conversion efficiency and growth in juvenile penaeid shrimp Metapenaeus dobsoni (Crustacea/Arthropoda)
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Creator |
Fernandes, Brenda
Achuthankutty, C.T. |
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Subject |
marine crustaceans
food conversion salinity growth juveniles moulting Metapenaeus dobsoni |
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Description |
Growth parameters of juvenile Metapenaeus dobsoni, fed with fresh squid meat were estimated in 5, 15, 25 and 35 ppt salinities for 4 weeks. Although no significant differences were noticed in food ingestion rates, higher body weight (68.9% over initial weight) was recorded in 5 ppt salinity. Moulting frequency and intermoult period did not vary with variation in salinity. However, gross growth efficiency (K1=76.1%) and net growth efficiency (K2=82.5%) values were high and food conversion ratio (FCR=1.31) was low in 5 ppt salinity suggesting that this is the ideal medium for growth of juveniles of this species.
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Date |
2009-01-12T08:40:15Z
2009-01-12T08:40:15Z 1997 |
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Journal Article
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Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol.26; 31-34p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1986 |
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Language |
en
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Rights |
Copyright [1997]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
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NISCAIR, CSIR
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