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Document Description
Title
The
food
and
feeding
habits
of the
white
Indian
prawn
,
Penaeus
(Fenneropenaeus)
Indicus
H.
Milne
Edwards
,
1837
Author
Orr
,
David
Cameron
,
1958-
Description
Thesis
(M.Sc.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1990.
Biology
Date
1990
Pagination
xi, 136 leaves : ill., maps, plates.
Subject
Penaeus;
Shrimps--Kenya
Degree
M.Sc.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Biology
Discipline
Biology
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Kenya
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
96-102.
Abstract
There
is
disagreement
within
the
literature
as to
whether
Penaeus
indicus
feeds
selectively.
Few
studies
deal
with the
dietary
importance
of the
various
items
that this
prawn
ingests.
A
comprehensive
study
of the
potential
food
items
was
made
then
electivity
indices
and
indices
of
relative
importance
were
estimated.
The
indices
indicate
that
P.
indicus
become
more
carnivorous
as they
grow
and that
members
of the
family
Nereidae
(Polychaeta)
and
Mesopodopsis
orientalis
(Crustacea:
Mysidacea)
were
selected.
In
terms
of
ingested
volume
and
frequency
of
occurrence
,
detritus
was the
most
important
food
item.
Examination
of
faecal
pellets
indicated
that
diatom
frustules
,
long
strands
of
Oscillatoria
spp.
,
woody
plant
tissue
and
harpacticold
copepod
exoskeletons
were
difficult
to
digest.
Plant
matter
and
micro-crustaceans
may
therefore
be of
limited
nutritional
value
to
P.
indicus.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
76072880
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
PDF File
(13.24
MB)
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