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Energy conversion in the shrimp, <i>Metapenaeus monoceros</i> (Fabricius), fed on detritus

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Title Energy conversion in the shrimp, Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius), fed on detritus
 
Creator Qasim, S. Z.
Easterson, D C V
 
Description 131-134
Energy budget of M. monoceros was estimated using estuarine detritus as food. Rates of consumption, defaecation, assimilation, growth and metabolism in the juvenile shrimp increased with the size of the animal. Gross growth efficiency (P/C or K1) and net growth efficiency (P/A or K2) were highest in the size range 17-20 mm. Average gross and net efficiencies were 21.6 and 24.1% respectively. Food efficiency was inversely related to growth efficiency and the assimilation efficiency was of the order of 93%. A comparison of estimates of gross, net and assimilation efficiencies in various animals made by different authors showed that these differ over a wide range and the growth efficiency seems difficult to express by a common factor.
 
Date 2017-01-03T06:33:56Z
2017-01-03T06:33:56Z
1974-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39565
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.03(2) [December 1974]