Effects of Water Temperature on Catabolic Losses of Meat and Condition Index of Unfed Pearl Oyster <i>Pinctada fucata martensii</i>
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- Numaguchi Katsuyuki
- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science
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- Effects of Water Temperature on Catabolic Losses of Meat and Condition Index of Unfed Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata martensii
- Effects of Water Temperature on Catabol
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Abstract
To determine the effects of water temperature on the catabolic losses and condition index of unfed pearl oysters Pinctada fucata martensii, pearl oysters were held unfed at water temperatures of 15, 22 and 28°C for 60 days under laboratory conditions. Cumulative mortality was within 7% and whole weight decreased less than 7% during the experimental period. Both dry meat weight and condition index gradually decreased during the 60-day unfed period. The decreasing rate of condition index and dry meat weight increased with increasing water temperature. Therewas a positive close correlation between water temperature and catabolic lossesof dry meat weight, carbon and nitrogen content from pearl oysters held unfed for 60 days (r_??_0.93 in all instances). These results suggest that the degree ofcatabolic losses of pearl oysters depended on the ambient seawater temperature under the unfed condition. Unfed pearl oysters can survive by utilizing energy reserves from their meat for up to 60 days. However, the nutritive status of pearl oysters indicated the condition index, and the carbon and nitrogen content of drymeat declined during the unfed period, particularly at 28°C.
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- Fisheries science
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Fisheries science 61 (5), 735-738, 1995
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
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- CRID
- 1390282679405232256
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- NII Article ID
- 130003902765
- 10004863348
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- NII Book ID
- AA10993718
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- NDL BIB ID
- 3644387
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- ISSN
- 09199268
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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