Nonfaecal and faecal losses of the marine teleost, Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758), feeding on live southern mullet, Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846).
1. Nonfaecal and faecal losses of Lichia amia were determined under controlled laboratory conditions at 15, 20 and 25 degrees C. 2. Ammonia-N was the major form of nonfaceal nitrogen excreted by L. amia and excretion rates were temperature-dependent. 3. The mass component b of the mass/ammonia-N excretion equation was temperature-independent and ranged from 0.63-0.65 and from 0.66-0.73 for starved and fed fish, respectively. 4. Mean nonfaecal energy loss (exogenous plus endogenous) was 3.78 +/- 1.99% of the ingested energy. 5. Assimilation efficiencies varied between individual fish and ranged from 61.24-93.79% (mean 80.76 +/- 7.14%) for dry matter and 87.52-98.22% (mean 94.09 +/- 2.22%) for energy. 6. The mean nonfaecal and faecal energy loss was 23.11 +/- 1.67% of the ingested energy.
D000818:Animals; D004063:Digestion; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*