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dc.contributor.authorPrimavera, Jurgenne
dc.contributor.authorGacutan, Rogelio Q.
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-14T08:47:13Z
dc.date.available2013-01-14T08:47:13Z
dc.date.issued1989
dc.identifier.citationPrimavera, J. H., & Gacutan, R. Q. (1989). Preliminary results of feeding aquatic macrophytes to Penaeus monodon juveniles. Aquaculture, 80(1–2), 189–193.en
dc.identifier.issn0044-8486
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/1299
dc.description.abstractPenaeus monodon juveniles (PL50) were fed live and decaying aquatic macrophytes and a commercial grow-out pellet (40% crude protein) in 80-l glass tanks over a 30-day period. Growth and survival were significantly higher for juveniles fed some form of macrophyte compared to controls (pellets). Survival was highest with live Najas graminea (100%) compared to decaying Ruppia maritima (65.4%), live R. maritima (58.9%) and pellets (52.5%). Juveniles fed decaying N. graminea had the lowest survival rate (30.6%) but the best growth (7.8 mm carapace length (CL), 37.6 mm total length (TL), and 0.2587 g body weight (BW)). The latter body sizes were significantly greater than for juveniles fed pellets (6.2 mm CL, 0.2338 g BW) and other macrophyte treatments. Prawns fed with live R. maritima showed the poorest growth (4.5 mm CL, 24.7 mm TL and 0.1070 g BW). Aquatic plants are directly grazed by penaeid juveniles, or contribute to the detritus fed on by prawns and other benthic organisms. Aside from food, macrophytes also provide cover or shelter from predation and cannibalism.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.subjectPenaeus monodonen
dc.titlePreliminary results of feeding aquatic macrophytes to Penaeus monodon juvenilesen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.citation.volume80
dc.citation.issue1-2
dc.citation.spage189
dc.citation.epage193
dc.citation.journalTitleAquacultureen
dc.subject.asfaaquatic plantsen
dc.subject.asfadetritusen
dc.subject.asfafeeding experimentsen
dc.subject.asfacultured organismsen
dc.subject.asfagrowthen
dc.subject.asfasurvivalen
dc.subject.asfashrimp cultureen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/0044-8486(89)90284-6
dc.subject.scientificNamePenaeus monodonen


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