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The effect of feeding frequency on growthof juvenile spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus (Palinuridae)
| Title: | The effect of feeding frequency on growthof juvenile spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus (Palinuridae). |
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| Name(s): |
Cox, Serena L. Davis, Megan |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 2006 | |
| Publisher: | The Haworth Press, Inc. | |
| Place of Publication: | Binghamton, NY | |
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| Extent: | 12 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007118 (IID), 10.1300/J028v18n04_03 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The effect of feeding frequency and ration level on the
growth and survival of early (5-10 mm CL) juvenile spiny lobster,
Panulirus argus, was determined. Animals were either fed 100% body
weight (BW)/day in the evening, coinciding with the change from light
to dark, or 50% BW/day twice (once in the morning and once in the evening)
daily, also coinciding with light transition. Feeding to excess once
daily resulted in significantly (P > 0.05) greater weight and carapace
length (CL) increases during the 28-day experiment, compared with the
same overall ration divided between two feeding times. Survival rates
between treatments were not significantly (P > 0.05) different during the
trial. The implications for early juvenile spiny lobster culture are that
feeding a high-ration once daily, at the onset of dusk, as compared with
feeding half of the daily ration twice daily, results in improved growth rates. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1623 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Cox, S. L., & Davis, M. (2006). The effect of feeding frequency on growth of juvenile spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus (Palinuridae). Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 18(4), 33-43. doi:10.1300/J028v18n04_03 |
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| Subject(s): |
Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus Palinuridae Growth Feeding |
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| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1300/J028v18n04_03 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007118 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
