Variation in food intake, food conversion efficiency and growth of juvenile turbot from different geographic strains

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Imsland, A. K., Foss, A., Stefansson, S. O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Norway; Iceland; Scophthalmus maximus; Turbot
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb00143.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2001.tb00143.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb00143.x

Food conversion efficiency and growth of juvenile turbot Scophthalmus maximus , reared under temperatures of 14, 18 and 22° C, were found to be higher in one experiment (7–70 g fish) in a higher latitude (Norway) strain than lower latitude (France and Scotland) strains. In a second study (20–150 g fish), food intake, food conversion efficiency and growth were higher in higher latitude (Iceland and Norway) compared with a lower latitude (France) strain.