Open AccessA Standard Reference Diet for Crustacean Nutrition Research.: IV. Growth of Freshwater Crayfish Cherax tenuimanus
Author(s) -
Morrissy Noel M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the world aquaculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0893-8849
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1989.tb00563.x
Subject(s) - crayfish , biology , crustacean , zoology , juvenile , nutrient , fishery , ecology
Juvenile Australian freshwater crayfish ( Cherax tenuimanus ) were individually housed in an experimental battery system and fed HFX CRD 84 and BML 81 S, two proposed standard reference diets for studies of crustacean nutrition. The HFX CRD 84 diet was accepted more readily than the BML 81 S diet. After 100 days, mean weight gain of marron fed the HFX CRD 84 diet was significantly greater than that of those fed the BML 81 S diet. Growth rate, measured 118 percent weight pin per ecdysis, declined during three successive 50 day periods. Growth on the proposed reference diets ranged from 16 to 33% of that achieved with pond raised marron of similar age. Both diets may be useful in the development of species specific modifications relative to nutrient composition.