Feed |
Biomass |
Shrimp phosphorus (% wet wt) |
Phosphorus gain / retention (mg) |
Phosphorus retention |
Initial (mg) |
Final (mg) |
Amount of feed (mg) |
Feed phosphorus (mg/100 mg) |
Phosphorus consumed (mg) |
1 |
20.0 ± 0.45 |
2430 ± 0.073 |
0.664 ± 0.021 |
16.135 ± 0.419a |
4160 ± 0.125 |
1.284 ± 0.017 |
53.414 ± 1.175 |
2 |
20.5 ± 0.40 |
1810 ± 0.062 |
0.2473 ± 0.008 |
4.476 ± 0.125b |
3310 ± 0.010 |
0.343 ± 0.055 |
11.340 ± 0.295 |
3 |
20.6 ± 0.50 |
1510 ± 0.051 |
0.089 ± 0.002 |
1.336 ± 0.032c |
3160 ± 0.110 |
0.094 ± 0.001 |
2.977 ± 0.017 |
4 |
20.0 ± 0.46 |
1490 ± 0.042 |
0.195 ± 0.005 |
2.908 ± 0.076d |
2860 ± 0.100 |
0.274 ± 0.004 |
7.842 ± 0.227 |
Each value is a mean (X ± SD) of triplicate samples
Note: Values in a row with different alphabets are statistically significant
(P < 0.05; SNK test) |