Density‐Dependent Pond Growout of Single Year‐Class Cohorts of a Freshwater Crayfish Cherux tenuimanus (Smith) to Two Years of Age

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society - Tập 23 Số 2 - Trang 154-168 - 1992
N.M. Morrissy1
1Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories P.O. Box 20, North Beach, Western Australia, 6020 Australia

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AbstractPond growout of Cherax tenuimanus to two years of age provided data for mean crayfish weight, surviving density and distribution of individual sizes at intervals and final harvest for 12 single year‐class cohorts. Final mean size (47–156 g) was most significantly related to surviving density (4.5–0.7/m2). A hyperbolic model with a harvest date variable accounted for 89% of the variation in mean weight. The biological basis of this model is that the reciprocal of density, i.e., pond area per crayfish, represents food supply for a bottom‐dwelling crayfish. By incorporating the Richards growth function, the hyperbolic model can be more realistically fitted to include the limit to potential size at very low densities. The growth‐density relationship developed after an initial period of 300 days of low growth (to ∼ 10% of final size) and high mortality. Then, mean weight increased rapidly and density stabilized. Final cumulative production (1.401–3,922 kg/ha) and harvest biomass (1,110–2,991 kg/ha) both increased linearly with density. Survival of the total amount of crayfish produced was about 75% at harvest. Although cohort size distributions were positively skewed, the arithmetic mean size employed in the model was very closely and linearly related to the geometric mean of the lognormal distribution, The causal basis and assumptions of the growthdensity model are discussed in relation to resource sharing by individuals and the disproportionate influence of size‐related dominance behaviour.

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Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Tập 23 Số 2

154-168

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