TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy budget of female whitemouth croaker Micropogonias Furnieri, determined from field data in Trinidad, West Indies
AU - Manickchand-Heileman, Sherry C.
AU - Ehrhardt, Nelson M.
PY - 1996/12/1
Y1 - 1996/12/1
N2 - The energy budget of female whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri was investigated in the field in Trinidad, West Indies. Daily ration, determined from the variation in stomach content weight over a 24-h period and an exponential gastric evacuation rate model was 3.45%. Growth efficiency averaged 7.6% and decreased from 18.8% at age one to 2% at age seven. Reproductive effort increased steadily from 5.6% at age one to 6.9% at age seven and averaged 6.4%. Growth efficiency exceeded reproductive effort until age three, after which the reverse occurred following the attainment of sexual maturity.
AB - The energy budget of female whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri was investigated in the field in Trinidad, West Indies. Daily ration, determined from the variation in stomach content weight over a 24-h period and an exponential gastric evacuation rate model was 3.45%. Growth efficiency averaged 7.6% and decreased from 18.8% at age one to 2% at age seven. Reproductive effort increased steadily from 5.6% at age one to 6.9% at age seven and averaged 6.4%. Growth efficiency exceeded reproductive effort until age three, after which the reverse occurred following the attainment of sexual maturity.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0344429574
VL - 58
SP - 385
EP - 392
JO - Bulletin of Marine Science
JF - Bulletin of Marine Science
SN - 0007-4977
IS - 2
ER -