ENVIRONMENTAL CALCIUM DOES NOT AFFECT PRODUCTION OR SELECTED BLOOD CHARACTERISTICS OF SUNSHINE BASS REARED UNDER NORMAL CULTURE CONDITIONS

Authors
SEALS C KEMPTON CJ TOMASSO JR SMITH TIJ
Citation
C. Seals et al., ENVIRONMENTAL CALCIUM DOES NOT AFFECT PRODUCTION OR SELECTED BLOOD CHARACTERISTICS OF SUNSHINE BASS REARED UNDER NORMAL CULTURE CONDITIONS, The Progressive fish-culturist, 56(4), 1994, pp. 269-272
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Fisheries
Journal title
The Progressive fish-culturist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00330779
Volume
56
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
269 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-0779(1994)56:4<269:ECDNAP>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The effects of environmental calcium (5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 mg/L) on p roduction and selected blood characteristics of sunshine bass (female white bass Morone chrysops x male striped bass M. saxatilis) under nor mal culture conditions were investigated in two 6-week trials. Environ mental calcium had no significant effects on growth, food conversion, condition factor, hematocrit, plasma osmolality, or plasma calcium con centrations. Previous studies have indicated that environmental calciu m is advantageous under stressful conditions; however, this study indi cated that elevated calcium levels offer no advantages during apparent ly nonstressful periods.