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- Title
The spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus Steindachner 1869) farmed in marine cages: review of growth models.
- Authors
Castillo‐Vargasmachuca, Sergio G.; Ponce‐Palafox, Jesús T.; Arámbul‐Muñoz, Eulalio; Rodríguez‐Domínguez, Guillermo; Aragón‐Noriega, Eugenio Alberto
- Abstract
Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to review the growth models used in fish culture and demonstrate the benefit of using the most appropriate growth model for aquaculture studies. For this reason, another part of this study was to use a dataset from spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus Steindachner, 1869) cultured in floating cages to determine what growth models were applicable to this species. A total of 558 weight‐at‐age data points from a commercial farm located near Nayarit, Mexico were used. The fish were cultured for 270 days in three cages of 125 m3 capacity. The initial density was 25 fish m−3, with an average weight of 2.07 ± 0.52 g. Four asymptotic models (von Bertalanffy growth model, a logistic model, the Gompertz growth model and the Ratkowsky modified model), three nonasymptotic models (exponential, power extended and persistence models) and three versions of the generalized Schnute model were selected as candidate models. The best model was selected based on the Akaike information criterion. The maximum log‐likelihood algorithm was used to parameterize the models considering a multiplicative error structure. The survival was 90%, and the average final weight was 429.84 ± 31.53 g. We concluded that the best model for describing the growth of spotted rose snapper farmed in marine floating cages was the Schnute model.
- Subjects
NAYARIT (Mexico); LUTJANUS; FISH farming; FISH growth; LIKELIHOOD ratio tests
- Publication
Reviews in Aquaculture, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 2, p376
- ISSN
1753-5123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/raq.12166