Oxygen Consumption, Energy Expenditure, and Growth of the Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 108 (3) , 288-292
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1979)108<288:oceeag>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Daily weight increases of captive 1–2‐year‐old red snappers over a period of 300 days were approximately 0.45% of body weight—a value which agreed closely with estimated daily weight increases in a wild population. Respiratory metabolism for 1–2‐year‐old red snappers swimming at 0.5 km/hour was 89 mg O2 kg−1 hour−1 at 20 C, and resting metabolism at this temperature was 62 mg O2 kg−1 hour−1. Energetic requirements for routine respiratory metabolism and growth in these fish indicated a minimum daily food requirement of about 1.5% of body weight. Food conversion efficiency was estimated to be 30%.Keywords
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