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1. Replacement of fish meal by animal by-product meals in a practical diet for grow-out culture of grouper Epinephelus coioides

Author:
Millamena, O.M.
Source:
Aquaculture 2002 no.1/2 pp. 75-84
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Epinephelus; fish meal; meat meal; blood meal; fish feeding; feeds; ingredients; biomass; liveweight gain; mortality; feed conversion; body composition
Abstract:
... A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the potential of replacing fish meal with processed animal by-product meals, meat meal and blood meal (4:1 ratio), in practical diets for juvenile grouper (Epinephelus coioides). Eight isonitrogenous diets were formulated to contain 45% protein and 12% lipid. Fish meal was replaced by 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% of meat meal and blood meal ( ...

2. The effects of periphyton substrate and fish stocking density on water quality, phytoplankton, periphyton and fish growth

Author:
Azim, M.E.; Verdegem, M.C.J.; Singh, M.; Dam, A.A. van; Beveridge, M.C.M.
Source:
Aquaculture research 2003 v.34 no.9 pp. 685-695
ISSN:
1355-557X
Subject:
ammonia; orthophosphates; grazing; freshwater fish; ingestion; sediments; dry matter content; Oreochromis niloticus; freshwater aquaculture; water temperature; phytoplankton; stocking rate; sodium nitrate; water quality; feed conversion; periphyton; hydrochemistry; biomass; fish culture; animal growth; superphosphate; body composition; chlorophyll
Abstract:
... The objectives of this study were to determine how periphyton and phytoplankton biomass vary with grazing pressure by tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, to evaluate the growth performance of fish when substrate is introduced and to calculate the efficiency of nitrogen utilization in substrate and non-substrate systems. Ten circular 1000-L plastic tanks were filled with 15 cm of loamy soil bottom and w ...
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00867.x

3. Behavioural role of zinc on primary productivity, plankton and growth of a freshwater teleost, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)

Author:
Adhikari, S.; Ayyappan, S.
Source:
Aquaculture 2004 v.231 no.1-4 pp. 327-336
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
fish culture; Labeo rohita; animal growth; soil chemical properties; plankton; zinc sulfate; water quality; zinc; fingerlings; freshwater aquaculture; body composition; physicochemical properties; freshwater fish; chlorophyll; biomass; fish ponds
Abstract:
... The role of zinc in biological production at three levels of zinc treatments was investigated. The three treatment levels were 10, 20 and 30 kg ZnSO4/ha with each treatment using three different soil bases containing 0.45, 0.75 and 1.0 ppm diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)-extractable zinc. All treatments showed an increase in both plankton and primary productivity (p<0.05) over control ( ...

4. Effects of varying dietary protein to lipid ratios on growth performance and body composition of juvenile pike perch (Sander lucioperca)

Author:
SCHULZ, C.; HUBER, M.; OGUNJI, J.; RENNERT, B.
Source:
Aquaculture nutrition 2008 v.14 no.2 pp. 166-173
ISSN:
1353-5773
Subject:
Sander lucioperca; ash content; biomass; body composition; body weight; crude protein; dietary fat; dietary protein; experimental diets; fingerlings; growth performance; hepatosomatic index; juveniles; rearing
Abstract:
... The present study investigated the effect of varying dietary protein-to-lipid ratios (P/L) on growth performance and body composition of pike perch (Sander lucioperca) fingerlings with an initial body weight of 1.35-1.40 g. Triplicate groups were reared during 56 days in recirculation systems and fed six experimental diets containing three dietary levels of lipid (90, 130, 170 g kg⁻¹ of dry matter ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2095.2007.00516.x

5. Evaluation of Cow Pea Seed Meal, Vigna sinensis, as a Dietary Protein Replacer for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), Fingerlings

Author:
EL-Saidy, Deyab M.S.D.; Saad, Aml S.
Source:
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 2008 v.39 no.5 pp. 636-645
ISSN:
0893-8849
Subject:
digestibility; fish feeding; feed meals; cowpeas; Oreochromis niloticus; tilapia (common name); crude protein; plant source protein; stocking rate; feed conversion; body weight; feed composition; biomass; fish meal; fish culture; lipid content; weight gain; animal growth; experimental diets; Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata; body composition; ash content
Abstract:
... The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of partial and total replacement of fish meal (FM) protein by cow pea seed meal (CPSM) protein in practical diets on growth performance, feed utilization, and body composition of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.). Fish of an average initial weight of 4.6 ± 0.2 g were stocked in 15 glass aquariums (80 L each) at a rate of 15 fish ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-7345.2008.00192.x

6. Consumer body composition and community structure in a stream is altered by pH

Author:
LARRAÑAGA, A.; LAYER, K.; BASAGUREN, A.; POZO, J.; WOODWARD, G.
Source:
Freshwater biology 2010 v.55 no.3 pp. 670-680
ISSN:
0046-5070
Subject:
Leuctra; acid tolerance; acidity; bioenergy; biomass; body composition; community structure; energy flow; environmental impact; food quality; food webs; laboratory rearing; leaves; lipid content; macroinvertebrates; pH; protein content; streams; surveys; survival rate; tissues; England
Abstract:
... 1. Low pH inhibits microbial conditioning of leaf-litter, which forms the principal energy input to many headwater streams. This reduces food quality and availability for the shredder assemblage, thereby creating a potential bottleneck in the flux of energy and biomass through acidified food webs. 2. We explored the consequences of acidity on the well-characterised community of Broadstone Stream i ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02305.x

7. Modelling growth and body composition in fish nutrition: where have we been and where are we going

Author:
Dumas, André; France, James; Bureau, Dominique
Source:
Aquaculture research 2010 v.41 no.2 pp. 161-181
ISSN:
1355-557X
Subject:
animal growth; biomass; body composition; ecological footprint; energy metabolism; feed requirements; fish; fish culture; fish nutrition; growth models; indeterminate growth; mechanistic models; nutrient utilization; product quality
Abstract:
... Mathematical models in fish nutrition have proven indispensable in estimating growth and feed requirements. Nowadays, reducing the environmental footprint and improving product quality of fish culture operations are of increasing interest. This review starts by examining simple models applied to describe/predict fish growth profiles and progresses towards more comprehensive concepts based on bioen ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02323.x

8. Effects of dietary soybean meal on growth, nutritive efficiency and body composition of cultured tench (Tinca tinca)

Author:
Tomás-Vidal, A.; Martínez-Llorens, S.; Jambrina, C.; de Saja González, R.; Jover Cerdá, M.
Source:
Journal of applied ichthyology 2011 v.27 no.3 pp. 892-896
ISSN:
0175-8659
Subject:
Tinca tinca; biomass; body composition; diet; essential amino acids; feed conversion; feed intake; fish; fish feeding; fish meal; satiety; soybean meal; soybeans
Abstract:
... The suitability of defatted soybean meal as a substitute for fishmeal was assessed in juvenile (25 g, average) tench, Tinca tinca, by feeding them diets containing 25 (S25), 37.5 (S37.5) and 50% (S50) soybean meal for 150 days. Soybean meal inclusion increased the relationship between essential and non-essential amino acids. Fish were hand-fed to apparent satiation; the feed intake ratio was not d ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01571.x

9. What's in a jellyfish? Proximate and elemental composition and biometric relationships for use in biogeochemical studies: Ecological Archives E092‐144

Author:
Cathy H. Lucas; Kylie A. Pitt; Jennifer E. Purcell; Mario Lebrato; Robert H. Condon
Source:
Ecology 2011 v.92 no.8 pp. 1704
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
Cubozoa; correlation; food webs; aquatic organisms; Ctenophora; animals; salinity; equations; data collection; Urochordata; models; body composition; Scyphozoa; carbon; elemental composition; marine science; ecosystems; biomass; biogeochemical cycles; Hydrozoa
Abstract:
... Many marine organisms have gelatinous bodies, but the trait is most common in the medusae (phylum Cnidaria), ctenophores (phylum Ctenophora), and the pelagic tunicates (phylum Chordata, class Thaliacea). Although there are taxonomic and trophic differences between the thaliaceans and the other two closely related phyla, the collective term “jellyfish” has been used within the framework of this art ...
DOI:
10.1890/11-0302.1

10. Effects of diet and temperature on condition, proximate composition and three major macro elements, Ca, P and Mg, in barbel Barbus barbus juveniles

Author:
Ewa Kamler; Rafał Kamiński; Jacek Wolnicki; Justyna Sikorska; Jakub Wałowski
Source:
Reviews in fish biology and fisheries 2012 v.22 no.3 pp. 767-777
ISSN:
0960-3166
Subject:
Barbus; Chironomidae; aquariums; biomass; body composition; calcium; diet; feed formulation; fish; fisheries; food rationing; glass; juveniles; larvae; lipid content; magnesium; minerals; mortality; natural foods; phosphorus; population size; proximate composition; rearing; temperature
Abstract:
... Six feeding groups of 60 early juveniles (0.6 g) of a rheophilic cyprinid barbel Barbus barbus were reared in triplicate in 18 glass aquaria. Fish fed a commercial formulated dry diet Aller Futura were compared with those on natural food—commercially available frozen Chironomidae larvae at 17, 21 and 25°C. Daily food rations were adjusted according to fish biomass, differences in hydration be ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11160-012-9256-8

11. Glycogenesis and de novo lipid synthesis from dietary starch in juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) quantified with stable isotopes

Author:
Kim S. Ekmann; Johanne Dalsgaard; Jørgen Holm; Patrick J. Campbell; Peter V. Skov
Source:
British journal of nutrition 2013 v.109 no.12 pp. 2135-2146
ISSN:
1475-2662
Subject:
Sparus aurata; biomass; body composition; carbon; dietary carbohydrate; digestible energy; endogenous sources; experimental diets; fish; fish oils; glycogen; glycogenesis; hepatosomatic index; juveniles; lipids; lipogenesis; liver; stable isotopes; starch; wheat starch
Abstract:
... The effects of replacing a digestible energy source from fat (fish oil) with carbohydrate (wheat starch) on performance, glycogenesis and de novo lipogenesis was examined in triplicate groups of juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), fed four extruded experimental diets. In order to trace the metabolic fate of dietary starch, 0·7 % wheat starch was replaced with isotope-labelled starch (>98  ...
DOI:
10.1017/S000711451200445X
PubMed:
23186693

12. Effects of the microalga Scenedesmus almeriensis as fishmeal alternative in diets for gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata, juveniles

Author:
A.J. Vizcaíno; G. López; M.I. Sáez; J.A. Jiménez; A. Barros; L. Hidalgo; J. Camacho-Rodríguez; T.F. Martínez; M.C. Cerón-García; F.J. Alarcón
Source:
Aquaculture 2014 v.431 pp. 34-43
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Scenedesmus; Sparus aurata; adverse effects; alkaline phosphatase; animal growth; biomass; body composition; body weight; diet; enzyme activity; fish; fish feeds; fish meal; histology; ingredients; intestinal mucosa; juveniles; leucyl aminopeptidase; microalgae; microvilli; nutrient utilization; proximate composition; trypsin
Abstract:
... The rising costs of fishmeal worldwide promote great research effort aimed to find alternative and renewable ingredients for aquafeeds. In the last years considerable attention has been paid to the use of algae as a potential ingredient for fish feeds. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the microalgae Scenedesmus almeriensis incorporated to diets intended to feed sea bream ( ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.05.010

13. Nutrient load estimation in the waste of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.) reared in cages in tropical climate conditions

Author:
Roberto Montanhini Neto; Antonio Ostrensky
Source:
Aquaculture research 2015 v.46 no.6 pp. 1309-1322
ISSN:
1355-557X
Subject:
Oreochromis niloticus; animal production; animals; aquatic environment; biomass; body composition; cages; chemical analysis; diet; digestibility; feed conversion; feed intake; feeds; fish culture; meta-analysis; nitrogen; organic matter; phosphorus; planning; pollution load; prediction; rearing; tropics; wastes; Brazil
Abstract:
... We sought to estimate the nutrient load in the waste released into aquatic environments based on the feeding of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L.) reared in cages that were installed in artificial reservoirs. For the calculation, an analysis of the chemical composition of commercial feeds intended for this species in their various stages of production was conducted (N = 130). We combined thi ...
DOI:
10.1111/are.12280

14. Shifts in reciprocal river‐riparian arthropod fluxes along an urban‐rural landscape gradient

Author:
Adam Kautza; S. Mažeika P. Sullivan
Source:
Freshwater biology 2015 v.60 no.10 pp. 2156-2168
ISSN:
0046-5070
Subject:
adults; aquatic insects; biodiversity; biomass; body composition; body size; community structure; food webs; grasslands; humans; land cover; land use; landscapes; management systems; rivers; urban development; Ohio
Abstract:
... We measured bidirectional arthropod fluxes at 12 river reaches distributed across an urban‐rural gradient of riparian land use and land cover in the Scioto River system of Ohio (U.S.A.). For the terrestrial‐to‐aquatic arthropod flux (i.e. inputs of terrestrial arthropods to the river from the land), urban development was positively related to density of inputs but negatively related to biomass, pa ...
DOI:
10.1111/fwb.12642

15. Effects of dietary substitution of fishmeal with the combined dry microalgae, Nannochloropsis oceanica (NO) biomass residue and casein on growth and body composition of juvenile abalone (Haliotis discus)

Author:
Sung Hyo Myung; Won‐Gwan Jung; Hee Sung Kim; Ye Eun Kim; Sung Hwoan Cho; Min Seok Jwa; Pil Youn Kim; Mun Kwan Kim; Min‐Woo Park; Byeng‐Hak Kim
Source:
Aquaculture research 2016 v.47 no.1 pp. 341-348
ISSN:
1355-557X
Subject:
Haliotis discus; Nannochloropsis; Saccharina japonica; abalone; arginine; biomass; body composition; carcass composition; casein; containers; essential amino acids; experimental diets; fish meal; growth performance; isoleucine; juveniles; leucine; microalgae; phenylalanine; specific growth rate; threonine; valine; water content; weight gain
Abstract:
... The effects of dietary substitution of fishmeal with the combined dry Nannochloropsis oceanica (NO) biomass residue and casein on growth performance and carcass composition of juvenile abalone was determined. One thousand two hundred and sixty juvenile abalone were randomly distributed into the 18 L plastic rectangular containers. Five experimental diets in triplicate were prepared. The 28% fishme ...
DOI:
10.1111/are.12562

16. Effect of dietary fructooligosaccharide supplementation on growth, body composition, hematological and immunological parameters of Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer)

Author:
Sajjad Syed Raffic Ali; Kondusamy Ambasankar; Peter Ezhil Praveena; Sambasivam Nandakumar; Jagabatula Syamadayal
Source:
Aquaculture international 2017 v.25 no.2 pp. 837-848
ISSN:
0967-6120
Subject:
Lates calcarifer; ash content; biomass; body composition; crude protein; erythrocytes; experimental diets; feeds; fish; fructooligosaccharides; hematologic tests; hemoglobin; juveniles; leukocytes; lipids; lysozyme; polymers; prebiotics; regression analysis; superoxide dismutase; survival rate; tanks
Abstract:
... A feeding trial to study the effect of addition of prebiotic fructooligosaccharide (FOS) on feeds for juvenile Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) (12.2 ± 0.4 g) was carried out. Five isonitrogenous and isocaloric experimental diets were formulated that contained 400 g kg⁻¹ protein and 90 g kg⁻¹ lipid. The FOS was supplemented at 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 g kg⁻¹ in the diet of L. calcarifer with a control t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10499-016-0081-2

17. Effects of dietary protein levels on growth and body composition of juvenile (age-1) Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger

Author:
Emmet L. Guy; Menghe H. Li; Peter J. Allen
Source:
Aquaculture 2018 v.492 no. pp. 67-72
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Ictiobus niger; biomass; body composition; crude protein; dietary protein; fish; indigenous species; juveniles; rearing; tanks; watersheds; weight gain; Mississippi River
Abstract:
... Populations of Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger, a broadly-distributed catostomid species native to the Mississippi River basin, are in decline, similar to many other catostomids. Artificial propagation and culture are frequently a part of native species recovery plans, and developing formulated diets is a critical component of these plans. However, studies establishing protein requirements for catost ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.04.002
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.04.002

18. Evaluation of microalgae concentrates as partial fishmeal replacements for hybrid striped bass Morone sp.

Author:
Clement R. de Cruz; Alexander Lubrano; Delbert M. Gatlin
Source:
Aquaculture 2018 v.493 pp. 130-136
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Amphora; Chlorella; Cylindrotheca; Morone saxatilis; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; aquaculture feeds; biomass; body composition; crude protein; digestible energy; feed conversion; fish meal; fish oils; growth performance; hybrids; juveniles; lipids; menhaden; microalgae; mixed culture; mortality; proximate composition; soy protein concentrate; weight gain
Abstract:
... Processed microalgae concentrates recently have been considered potentially viable alternatives to partially replace fishmeal (FM) and fish oil in aquafeeds. Two feeding trials were conducted to evaluate incremental replacement of FM and soy protein concentrate (SPC) with different types of microalgae in the diet of hybrid striped bass. Microalgae evaluated in feeding trial 1 included dried produc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.04.060

19. Growth performance, body composition, and digestive functionality of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858) juveniles fed diets including microalgae freeze-dried biomass

Author:
A. J. Vizcaíno; A. Rodiles; G. López; M. I. Sáez; M. Herrera; I. Hachero; T. F. Martínez; M. C. Cerón-García; F. Javier Alarcón
Source:
Fish physiology and biochemistry 2018 v.44 no.2 pp. 661-677
ISSN:
0920-1742
Subject:
Nannochloropsis; Scenedesmus; Solea senegalensis; absorption; alpha-amylase; biomass; body composition; body weight; diet; enzyme activity; freeze drying; growth performance; ingredients; intestinal mucosa; juveniles; leucyl aminopeptidase; lipid content; microalgae; microvilli; muscles; nutrient utilization; protein content; proteinases; proteolysis; sole; Southern European region
Abstract:
... Senegalese sole is one of the most promising fish species cultivated in the Southern European countries. This study was aimed at assessing the effects of microalgae biomass added to diets for Senegalese sole juveniles on fish growing and condition status. Three isoproteic (52%) and isolipidic (10%) were formulated containing 15% Tisochrysis lutea (TISO), Nannochloropsis gaditana (NAN), or Scenedes ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10695-018-0462-8

20. Beneficial effects of green banana biomass consumption in patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial

Author:
Edna S. Costa; Carolina N. França; Francisco A. H. Fonseca; Juliana T. Kato; Henrique T. Bianco; Thiago T. Freitas; Henrique A. R. Fonseca; Antonio Martins Figueiredo Neto; Maria Cristina Izar
Source:
British journal of nutrition 2019 v.121 no.12 pp. 1365-1375
ISSN:
1475-2662
Subject:
amylases; bananas; biomass; blood glucose; body composition; body mass index; body weight; diastolic blood pressure; fasting; food intake; gastric emptying; glucose; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; hip circumference; homeostasis; hydrolysis; insulin resistance; models; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; nutritional support; patients; randomized clinical trials; resistant starch; risk; waist circumference
Abstract:
... Diabetes mellitus is a global epidemic, characterised as a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders associated with high risk of CVD. Green banana biomass, which is composed of resistant starches (RS) and cannot be hydrolysed by amylases, delays gastric emptying and modulates insulin sensitivity, thus contributing to improve metabolic disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate th ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0007114519000576