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The effects of water temperature on food intake, growth and body composition of Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther) juveniles
Author(s) -
MartinezPalacios C A,
ChavezSanchez Ma Cristina,
Ross L G
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1996.tb01275.x
Subject(s) - biology , juvenile , food intake , growth rate , body weight , composition (language) , zoology , fishery , food science , ecology , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics
The optimum growth, food intake, food conversion efficiency, final body composition and mortality of juvenile Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther) was studied at different temperatures, ranging from 22.5 to 36.3 ° C. The results showed that food intake and specific growth rate increase rising to an apparent optimum at about 33.1 ° C. Multiple regression equations were derived which can be used to predict food intake and specific growth rate when temperature and initial body weight are known.