Two experiments were conducted to determine if two proposed crustacean reference diets, BML 81S or HFX CRD-84, could serve as nutritional standards for early postlarval stages of the Caribbean king crab Mithrax spinosissimus or the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. In the first study, after an eight week trial period, survival of postlarval crabs (initial mean weight = 20 mg) was higher (P < 0.05) for crabs fed a control diet of commercial larval fish feed (66.7%) or BML-81S (45.8%) than for crabs fed HFX CRD-84 (16.7%). Final mean weight was also greater (P < 0.05) for crabs consuming the fry feed than for crabs fed BML-81S or HFX CRD-84 (710 vs. 460 and 340 mg, respectively). In the second study, after a ten week trial period, survival of second stage postlarval spiny lobsters (initial mean weight = 0.20 g) was greater (P < 0.05) for animals fed live adult Artemia (93.3%) than for lobsters fed HFX CRD-84 (26.7%) or BML-8lS (0%).
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1992
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Two experiments were conducted to determine if two proposed crustacean reference diets, BML 81S or HFX CRD-84, could serve as nutritional standards for early postlarval stages of the Caribbean king crab Mithrax spinosissimus or the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. In the first study, after an eight week trial period, survival of postlarval crabs (initial mean weight = 20 mg) was higher (P < 0.05) for crabs fed a control diet of commercial larval fish feed (66.7%) or BML-81S (45.8%) than for crabs fed HFX CRD-84 (16.7%). Final mean weight was also greater (P < 0.05) for crabs consuming the fry feed than for crabs fed BML-81S or HFX CRD-84 (710 vs. 460 and 340 mg, respectively). In the second study, after a ten week trial period, survival of second stage postlarval spiny lobsters (initial mean weight = 0.20 g) was greater (P < 0.05) for animals fed live adult Artemia (93.3%) than for lobsters fed HFX CRD-84 (26.7%) or BML-8lS (0%).
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ and may be cited as: Lellis, W. A. (1992). A standard reference diet for crustacean nutrition research. VI. Response of postlarval stages of the Caribbean king crab Mithrax spinosissimus and the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 23(1), 1-7. doi:10.1111/j.1749-7345.1992.tb00744.x
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #778.
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1992
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1992
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10.1111/j.1749-7345.1992.tb00744.x
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1992
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A standard reference diet for crustacean nutrition research. VI. Response of postlarval stages of the Caribbean king crab Mithrax spinosissimus and the spiny lobster Panulirus argus
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1992
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A standard reference diet for crustacean nutrition research. VI. Response of postlarval stages of the Caribbean king crab Mithrax spinosissimus and the spiny lobster Panulirus argus
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A standard reference diet for crustacean nutrition research. VI. Response of postlarval stages of the Caribbean king crab Mithrax spinosissimus and the spiny lobster Panulirus argus