Vijayakumaran, M (1979) Food intake and conversion in Ambassis gymnocephalus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 21 (1 & 2). pp. 191-193.
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Abstract
Transformation of food has been studied in the euryhaline fish Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepede) by using energy transfer criteria. Duration of the experiments varied from 15-21 days. Flesh of the prawn Metapenaeiis dobsoni was used as food. The absorption efficiencies are more than 96 % and conversion efficiencies vary between 20.57 and 27.73% in different weight groups of fish. The conversion efficiency of A. gymnocephalus was found to be lower than that of young ones of similar size of fishes, that growto larger size.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ambassis gymnocephalus; Metapenaeiis dobsoni; Food intake |
| Subjects: | Fish and Fisheries > Fish Nutrition |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Cochin > Mariculture |
| ID Code: | 1827 |
| Deposited By: | Edwin Joseph |
| Deposited On: | 10 Aug 2010 11:05 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2010 11:05 |
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