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http://dx.doi.org/10.5657/fas.2004.7.4.192

The Effects of Temperature, Starvation, and Kind of Foods on Growth, RNA/DNA Ratios and Protein Contents during the Early Life Stages of Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

Gwak Woo-Seok (Division of Marine Bioscience and the Institute of Marine Industry, Gyeongsang National University)
Tanaka Masaru (Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)

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Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / v.7, no.4, 2004 , pp. 192-203 More about this Journal

Abstract

The effects of temperatures, starvation, and kind of foods on growth, RNA/DNA ratio and protein contents during metamorphosis and early juvenile stage of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) were examined. During metamorphosis, warm-acclimated fish showed higher RNA and DNA content than those of the cold-acclimated fish, excepting H stage (28 DAH) at which the ratio was higher at cold temperature. RNA/DNA ratio during metamorphosis showed similar values at two temperatures tested. However, after 42 DAH warm-acclimated juveniles had higher DNA content compared with cold-acclimated fish, resulted in marked decreases in RNA/DNA ratios. Higher RNA content at H stage of cold-acclimated fish was consistent with an increase in protein content. Growth of fish rearing at warm temperature was higher than those of fish at cold temperature during all experiments. In starvation experiment, contents of DNA, RNA and protein significantly decreased. Even though there were no significant differences in total length (TL) and body weight between the live mysid-fed and artificial pellet-fed fish at 35 mm TL, both RNA/DNA and protein/DNA ratios of the former group was significantly higher than those of the latter due primarily to lower DNA content of the live mysid-fed group. The results from this study suggest that temperature, starvation and kind of foods should be considered when RNA/DNA ratio applied to assessing the cultured larval and juvenile fish condition.

Keywords

RNA/DNA; Protein; Temperature; Starvation; Mysid; Paralichthys olivaceus;

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