Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis

Stomach-content analyses revealed that the white prawn Penaeus merguiensis de Man, in the Angsd Bank-Klang Strait waters (Straits of Malacca), feed on a variety of food - depending on the locality and availability of food items. In the nursery ground, newly-arrived pelagic postlarvae are carnivore...

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Main Authors: Chong, V.C., Sasekumar, A.
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Published: Inter Research 1981
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spelling my.um.eprints.117502015-01-08T09:00:46Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/11750/ Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis Chong, V.C. Sasekumar, A. Q Science (General) Stomach-content analyses revealed that the white prawn Penaeus merguiensis de Man, in the Angsd Bank-Klang Strait waters (Straits of Malacca), feed on a variety of food - depending on the locality and availability of food items. In the nursery ground, newly-arrived pelagic postlarvae are carnivores, feeding largely on copepods. Epibenthic postlarvae and juveniles are carnivorous detriti-vores, consuming mainly organic detritus; they also prey on small animals like foraminiferans, copepods, larval bivalves and brachyuran larvae. In the maturation ground, subadults are detritivorous carnivores, feeding mainly on large crustaceans, like species of Acetes and mysids; in lesser amounts, on organic detritus. In the spawning ground, adults are detritivore-cdrnivores consuming equal amounts organic detritus and a variety of large crustaceans, polychaetes, molluscs and fishes. However, there are indications that the prawn prefer animal food if available. Organic detrltus is considered a food supplement; its utilization as a food source becomes important to the maturing prawn when it assumes a benthic existence. Inter Research 1981-05-31 Article PeerReviewed Chong, V.C. and Sasekumar, A. (1981) Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis. Marine Ecology Progress Series (MPES), 5. pp. 185-191. ISSN 0171-8630 http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/5/m005p185.pdf
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Chong, V.C.
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Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis
description Stomach-content analyses revealed that the white prawn Penaeus merguiensis de Man, in the Angsd Bank-Klang Strait waters (Straits of Malacca), feed on a variety of food - depending on the locality and availability of food items. In the nursery ground, newly-arrived pelagic postlarvae are carnivores, feeding largely on copepods. Epibenthic postlarvae and juveniles are carnivorous detriti-vores, consuming mainly organic detritus; they also prey on small animals like foraminiferans, copepods, larval bivalves and brachyuran larvae. In the maturation ground, subadults are detritivorous carnivores, feeding mainly on large crustaceans, like species of Acetes and mysids; in lesser amounts, on organic detritus. In the spawning ground, adults are detritivore-cdrnivores consuming equal amounts organic detritus and a variety of large crustaceans, polychaetes, molluscs and fishes. However, there are indications that the prawn prefer animal food if available. Organic detrltus is considered a food supplement; its utilization as a food source becomes important to the maturing prawn when it assumes a benthic existence.
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author Chong, V.C.
Sasekumar, A.
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Sasekumar, A.
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title Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis
title_short Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis
title_full Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis
title_fullStr Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis
title_full_unstemmed Food and Feeding Habits of the White Prawn Penaeus merguiensis
title_sort food and feeding habits of the white prawn penaeus merguiensis
publisher Inter Research
publishDate 1981
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/11750/
http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/5/m005p185.pdf
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