EFFECT OF SALINITY ON GROWTH OF POSTLARVAL PENAEID SHRIMP
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- 1 August 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 125 (1) , 188-196
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1539302
Abstract
The effects of salinity upon growth of laboratory held postlarvae of white (Penaeus setiferus) and grooved shrimp (P. aztecus or P. duorarum) were studied. In 2 series of experiments at room temperature (24.5-26[degree]C), 100 postlarvae were held at each of five salinities, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 40%. Brine shrimp nauplii were the sole food source. Growth rate during the one-month period did not differ significantly among shrimp held at the various salinity levels. Survival was generally excellent at all salinity levels, including 40%. The results suggest that salinity per se does not limit the growth of postlarval shrimp at the temperature tested.[long dash]Z. P. Zein-Eldin.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Juvenile Penaeid Shrimp in the Shallow Gulf of MexicoEcology, 1960