title: Effect of salinity on growth of Abant trout Salmo trutta abanticus.
abstract: Abant trout Salmo trutta abanticus were grown for 154 days at three salinities of 0, 9 or 18 to assess mass gain, condition factor, food conversion ratio and food consumption. Appetite was significantly higher at 0 than at salinities of 9 or 18. Salinities >18 may have detrimental effects on biomass production. The mean ± S.E. of the condition factor at the three salinities were 1.29 ± 0.20 at 0, 1.22 ± 0.22 at 9 and 1.10 ± 0.20 at 18. Fish reared at a salinity of 0 showed higher mass gain, food conversion ratio and food consumption.
authors.affiliation: Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Wildlife Ecology & Management, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey. mkocabas@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kocabas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Basçinar
authors.forename: S Atasaral
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okumus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution; D004435:Eating; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D054712:Salinity; D014337:Trout / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*