TY  - JOUR
T1  - Partial Replacement of Fish Meal with Mangrove Based Plant Ingredients and 
  its Effect on Water Quality, Growth Performance and Length-Weight Relationship 
  of <I>Macrobrachium rosenbergii</I>
AU - Mondal, Kunal AU - Ghosh, Rajrupa AU - Bikash Bhattacharyya, Subhra AU - Zaman, Sufia AU - Banerjee, Kakoli AU - Mallick, Ajoy AU - Das, Madhusudan AU - Mitra, Abhijit 
JO  - Journal of Aquaculture Feed Science and Nutrition
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SP  - 14
EP  - 22
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 2070-1667
DO  - joafsnu.2014.14.22
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=joafsnu.2014.14.22
KW  - Fish meal
KW  -E. intestinalis
KW  -P. coarctata
KW  -water quality
KW  -growth performance
KW  -culture pond
KW  -growth
KW  -length-weight relationship
KW  -M. rosenbergii
AB  - Partial replacement of 30% fish meal was done with 10% plant ingredients comprised of macroalgae (<I>Enteromorpha intestinalis</I>) and saltmarsh grass (<I>Porteresia coarctata</I>) to prepare freshwater prawn (<I>Macrobrachium rosenbergii</I>) feed. The floral based feed was applied to culture <I>M. rosenbergii</I> in Indian Sundarbans region. The water quality parameters (temperature, salinity, pH, DO, nutrient concentrations, chlorophyll a, transparency, soil organic carbon) and growth performance (average initial weight, average final weight, DGR, SGR, survival rate, FCR, total yield) were monitored throughout the culture period. The pond health was best where diet 3 was applied compared to the other ponds. The condition state was also monitored based on Length-Weight Relationship (LWR). The growth was uniform and maximum in cultured species fed with diet 3 compared to that of other formulated diets (diet C, 1 and 2). LWR (W = 0.008xTL<SUP>2.9486</SUP>) indicated isometric growth of <I>M. rosenbergii</I> fed with diet 3. The trial experiment thus demonstrates the efficacy of diet 3 (<I>P. coarctata</I> based feed) in maintaining the overall growth performance and condition state of the cultured species, as well as the environmental health of the culture pond.
ER  -