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Bioenergetics of growth of a cyprinid, Phoxinus phoxinus (L.): the effect of ration and temperature on growth rate and efficiency
Author(s) -
Cui Y.,
Wootton R. J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1988.tb05521.x
Subject(s) - phoxinus , biology , bioenergetics , zoology , growth rate , body weight , weight gain , feed conversion ratio , fish <actinopterygii> , biochemistry , endocrinology , fishery , minnow , mathematics , geometry , mitochondrion
Growth of minnows, Phoxinus phoxinus , weighing 1‐5.5 g was studied experimentally at five ration levels from starvation to ad libitum and four temperatures ranging from 5 to 15°C. The relationship between specific growth rate (SGR) and ration was a decelerating curve. SGR at maximum rations increased with increased temperature, but at restricted rations it decreased with increased temperature. Predictive models for the specific growth rates were developed using multiple regression. Maintenance rations and optimum rations both increased with increased temperature. Maintenance rations were less sensitive to temperature than optimum rations and mostly lay between 1 and 2% of body weight per day. Conversion efficiencies increased with increased ration from zero value at the maintenance ration to a peak at the optimum ration, then decreased with further increases in ration. At a given restricted ration level, conversion efficiencies generally decreased with increased temperature. At maximum rations, conversion efficiencies were relatively insensitive to temperature. Growth in wet weight, dry weight and energy content showed similar responses to ration, temperature and body weight.