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Conversion Efficiency and Survival of Young Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) under Experimental Conditions
Author(s) -
Frame David W.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1973)102<614:ceasoy>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - winter flounder , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , flounder , biology , zoology , salinity , ecology
Age I winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, weighing 40–100 g were fed chopped bivalve siphons (Mya arenaria) ad libitum. Sixteen fish were held at 4 temperatures (12, 16, 20 and 24 C) and two salinities (20 and 30‰), with two fish per regime. Only 4 fish held at 12 C and 16C in 20‰ salinity had a normal growth rate, and the conversion efficiency for these fish ranged from 13.9–19.0%.