International Journal of
Fisheries and Aquaculture

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Fish. Aquac.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9839
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJFA
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 228

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Comparative growth performance of male and female freshwater prawn Macrobrachium tenellum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) cultured in tropical earthen ponds

Jesús T. Ponce-Palafox
  • Jesús T. Ponce-Palafox
  • Posgrado Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CBAP) Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit-Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería Pesquera, Centro Nayarita de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica, Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo S/N, Tepic, Nayarit, México 63155.
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Fermín López Uriostegui
  • Fermín López Uriostegui
  • Posgrado Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CBAP) Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit-Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería Pesquera, Centro Nayarita de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica, Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo S/N, Tepic, Nayarit, México 63155.
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Mario Alfredo Benítez Maldujano
  • Mario Alfredo Benítez Maldujano
  • Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. División Académica Multidisciplinaria De Los Ríos. Av. Universidad s/n, Zona de la Cultura, Col. Magisterial, Vhsa, Centro, Tabasco, Mexico. C.P. 86040.
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Sergio Castillo Vargasmachuca
  • Sergio Castillo Vargasmachuca
  • Posgrado Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CBAP) Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit-Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería Pesquera, Centro Nayarita de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica, Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo S/N, Tepic, Nayarit, México 63155.
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Aurelio Benítez Valles
  • Aurelio Benítez Valles
  • Posgrado Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CBAP) Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit-Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería Pesquera, Centro Nayarita de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica, Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo S/N, Tepic, Nayarit, México 63155.
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Julio Gómez Gurrola
  • Julio Gómez Gurrola
  • Posgrado Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias (CBAP) Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit-Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería Pesquera, Centro Nayarita de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica, Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo S/N, Tepic, Nayarit, México 63155.
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José Luis Arredondo-Figueroa
  • José Luis Arredondo-Figueroa
  • Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Centro de Ciencias Agropecuarias, km 3 de la carretera Jesús María-La Posta, Jesús María, Aguascalientes, México.
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  •  Accepted: 27 December 2012
  •  Published: 28 March 2013

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the performance growth and yield of male and female Macrobrachium tenellum, cultured in earthen ponds. A total of 6 earthen ponds containing 1,400 ± 50.0 m2 of water and a depth of 0.85 m were used. A total of 19,600 juvenileM. tenellum were introduced into each pond to a stocking density of 14 org m-2. The final length, final weight, specific growth rate, weekly growth rate and yield presented significant differences (P < 0.05) between sexes, with the males exhibiting higher values of these indicators. The survival rate was higher in females (65.0%). The total yield obtained in this culture reached 1,603 kg ha-1.

 

Key words: Macrobrachium tenellum, specific growth rate, weekly growth rate, survival rate,  feed conversion. rate.

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