Effects of temperature on feed intake, growth and oxygen consumption in adult male king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus held in captivity and fed manufactured diets
The current study investigates whether it is possible to increase the meat content of captive male king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) (average = 2.2 kg) by feeding manufactured diets at different temperatures (4°C, 8°C and 12°C). A 110 days trial was undertaken with groups of male king crabs hel...
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Published in | Aquaculture research Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 602 - 608 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.03.2015
Hindawi Limited |
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Summary: | The current study investigates whether it is possible to increase the meat content of captive male king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) (average = 2.2 kg) by feeding manufactured diets at different temperatures (4°C, 8°C and 12°C). A 110 days trial was undertaken with groups of male king crabs held in 12 land‐based holding tanks. All crabs survival in the lowest temperature treatment, one animal died in the medium‐temperature group (8°C) and four animals in the highest temperature treatment (12°C). The results showed that feed intake increased with increasing temperature from an average of 1.0 g kg−1 day−1 at 4°C to 2.8 g kg−1 day−1 crab at 12°C. The percentage meat content was significantly higher at the final census (60.0%) compared with the initial census (37.5%) in all temperature groups, but there were no significant differences in the percentage meat content of the king crabs held in the different temperature treatments at the conclusion of the experiment. Oxygen consumption was also significantly affected by temperature and increased with increasing temperature. The results of the experiment show that the optimal temperature to maintain, and enhance, the meat content of king crab is close to 4°C. |
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Bibliography: | Norwegian Seafood Research Fund ArticleID:ARE12207 istex:6F2B3815309F8D97737332536893FD699B4ECA78 ark:/67375/WNG-J95XDPVW-R Nofima |
ISSN: | 1355-557X 1365-2109 |
DOI: | 10.1111/are.12207 |