Food Consumption and Growth of Aplysia dactylomela Rang(Castropoda: Opisthobranchia).
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- PALATZIDIS Stefanos
- <I>Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University</I>
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- YAMASAKI Shigehisa
- 鹿児島大学水産学部
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- HIRATA Hachiro
- <I>Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University</I>
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- IMAI Takehiko
- 鹿児島大学水産学部
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- Other Title
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- アメフラシ (<I>Aplysia dactylomela</I> Rang) の摂餌と成長
- Food consumption and growth of Aplysia dactylomela rang(Gastropoda:Opisthobranchia)
- Food consumption and growth of Aplysia
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Abstract
The consumption of two macrophytic algae, namely Ulva pertusa and Enteromorpha linza, by the adult gastropoda Aplysia dactylomela was studied for a period of 36 days under laboratory conditions. Animals were fed three times a day to satiation. Both algae species were well consumed and promoted increase in the body weight, body length as well as the egg production of the gastropoda. The consumption of Ulva by Aplysia was 22.5% of mean body weight eaten per day, and was independent of temperature, but Enteromorpha consumption was 15.0% and increased with increasing temperatures. Nevertheless, animals fed on Enteromorpha had a better growth rate and egg production than those fed on Ulva. The gross assimilation efficiency was highest on the algae giving the better growth (29% for Enteromorpha and 14% for Ulva) . The study found that the detrimental thalli of Ulva pertusa and also that of Enteromorpha may eventually be controlled by the introduction of gastropods in fish or shrimp ponds.
Journal
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- Aquaculture Science
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Aquaculture Science 44 (2), 125-131, 1996
Japanese Society for Aquaculture Science
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679691799552
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- NII Article ID
- 10004770386
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- NII Book ID
- AN00124667
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- ISSN
- 21850194
- 03714217
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- NDL BIB ID
- 3976895
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed