Compensatory growth and food consumption in gibel carp, Carassius auratus gibelio, and Chinese longsnout catfish, Leiocassis longirostris, experiencing cycles of feed deprivation and re-feeding
This research was supported by a Royal Society of London–Chinese Academy of Sciences Exchange Scheme and funded by Natural Science Foundation of China (30070123, 30123004) and partly by the Knowledge Innovation Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-1-04) and Tenth-five-year-plan project of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. Thanks are also given to three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.
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本校为其他机构
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生命科学学院
摘要：
The compensatory responses of juvenile gibel carp and Chinese longsnout catfish to four cycles of 1 week of feed deprivation and 2 weeks of satiation feeding were quantified as part of a study designed to determine feeding regimes that would maximise growth rates. Both species showed compensatory growth in the re-feeding periods. The compensation was not sufficient for the deprived fish to match the growth trajectories of controls fed to satiation daily. The compensatory growth response was more clearly defined in the later cycles. The deprived...
