A new concept related to growth coefficient

ABSTRACT: Although the notion of growth coefficient is important in growth analysis, its meaning is not necessarily pointed out clearly, at least analytically. The present paper, based on the von Bertalanffy model, gives an extended quantity of it and investigates its properties for logistic and Gompertz models. It is age dependent and converges to the coefficient of age in the models, growth coefficient in the traditional sense. The graphs of the quantity and the length show similarity for the logistic model, but not for the Gompertz model, although they show the same type of fluctuation. Moreover, the analysis indicates that the newly defined quantity has a property suitable to be called a growth density of the growth of length. Our discussion also shows the importance of the notion of growth remainder.     

企鹅珍珠贝早期养殖生长性状的增长规律及生长曲线拟合研究

该研究对海南新村港养殖17个月的企鹅珍珠贝(Pteria penguin)苗种生长性状进行测量,利用von Bertalanffy、Gompertz和Logistic 3种生长模型对其生长性状的增长规律进行拟合,通过Levenberg-Marquardt迭代法求出各模型中3个生长参数,综合各参数的最优值,得出不同生长性状拟合效果最佳的生长模型。结果表明,Gompertz模型为企鹅珍珠贝各生长性状的最优生长模型。根据生长参数得出壳长、壳高、壳宽和体质量的生长极限值分别为93.519 mm、90.641 mm、39.075 mm和157.755 g,生长拐点分别为2.86个月、4.04个月、5.63个月和9.61个月;各生长性状间的绝对生长速度在不同生长期内差异较大,但随着月龄的增大均呈现先增加后降低的趋势;性状间相对生长速度存在差异并随月龄的增长逐渐趋于0。研究结果可为企鹅珍珠贝的养殖生态研究、遗传育种及插核育珠提供理论依据和参考资料。     

基因重组草鱼生长激素(r-gGH)对草鱼鱼种生长的促进作用

家蚕多角体病毒表达系统在家蚕体内表达基因重组的草鱼生长激素(r-gGH)，具有与天然草鱼生长激素(GH)相似的免疫原性和生物活性。为了节省基因工程研究中的下游工作 (基因产物的分离和提纯)，本研究将含有r-gGH的家蚕直接作为饵料源，冻干并磨碎后拌在饵料中投喂草鱼鱼种，通过养殖实验及生化测定分析对比r-gGH促进草鱼鱼种生长的剂量依存关系，筛选活性强的处理剂量和处理时间，期望为鱼类养殖生产提供一种较为经济、来源容易、方法简易而又切实可行的促进鱼种生长并且可以大规模应用的方式。实验结果表明，投喂含有r-gGH的家蚕，有相当一部分被鱼体消化道吸收，进入血液循环。投喂2 h和6 h 后，草鱼鱼种的血清GH水平均显著高于对照组(投喂基本饲料)和投喂正常家蚕组；每天投喂和隔2天投喂，均使草鱼鱼种的血清GH水平显著升高，并对草鱼鱼种生长都有明显的促进作用。短期(3 d)和长期(42 d)投喂含有r-gGH 的家蚕，无论是低剂量(10 mg·g^-1饲料)还是高剂量(20 mg·g^-1饲料)，均极其显著地提高草鱼鱼种的血清GH水平；长期(42 d)投喂亦对草鱼鱼种的生长有显著的促进作用，鱼体的相对体重增长率、相对体长增长率、食物转化率和肥满度显著增加。     

Social control of growth in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man): a review and prospects for future research

The wide range of sizes of sexually mature prawn populations and particularly of the males is very typical of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) and a major obstacle to increased profitability of prawn culture. Prawn size variation reflects a complex population structure composed of three major male morphotypes – the small males, the orange‐claw males and the blue‐claw males – which differ in their morphology, physiology and behaviour. Social interactions among juveniles and among sexually mature males affect their growth. Four different social mechanisms have been suggested to control growth in crustaceans: direct competition for food, appetite suppression, altered food‐conversion efficiency and increased energy expenditure on motor activity. Since all growth‐controlling mechanisms involve an aggressive behavioural component, our knowledge of prawn agonistic behaviour and prawn social organization has been reviewed. Present knowledge of the social mechanisms regulating growth among juveniles and among sexually mature male morphotypes as well as the sensory modalities involved was evaluated. The possible evolution of social growth‐controlling mechanisms is discussed. Various ways for implementing our knowledge on social control of growth into prawn culture to increase profitability are suggested.     

An enkephalin analog stimulates growth of tilapia

A synthetic enkephalin analog (Tyr-D-Trp-Ala-D-Phe-NH₂) was administered to juvenile hybrid tilapia (Tilapia nilotica ×T. aurea) by immersing the fish for 15 minutes per week into one of two doses of the hormone for 8 weeks. Growth, food conversion efficiency, body weight, specific growth rate, food conversion efficiency and feed consumption were all significantly increased as a result of enkephalin treatment. The low dose (10µg/100 ml water) of enkephalin analog had a better stimulation effect than that of the high dose (100µg/100 ml water). Liver protein and protein/DNA ratio were higher in both treatment groups than in the control group. Tissue-body indices and muscle proximate composition were similar in the treatment and control groups. The growth stimulation in fish treated with the enkephalin analog was possibly mediated by an increase in growth hormone secretion.     

胰岛素样生长因子与动物性状的相关性研究

胰岛素样生长因子(insulin-likegrowthfactors,IGFs)是生长激素促生长作用的主要介导因子,通过对IGF-I和IGF-II及其对动物相关性状影响的系统分析,进一步揭示了其在动物的生长发育过程中发挥的重要作用。     

Growth standards for nine North American fish species

Abstract  Standard methods for comparing population characteristics within and among fish populations greatly enhance communications among fisheries scientists, improve the efficiency of data analysis, and provide insight that helps guide management actions. Although standard methods are available for comparing some fish population characteristics (e.g. length structure, body condition), similar methods are lacking for comparing growth. The purpose of this study was to provide standards (i.e. percentiles and a standard growth model) for nine ecologically and recreationally important fish species. Percentile distributions of mean back-calculated length at age were estimated using data obtained from the published literature and from data solicited from state and federal agencies throughout North America. Percentiles of growth were estimated for bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, common carp, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, flathead catfish, Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque), largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède), sauger, Sander canadensis (Griffith & Smith), smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, white bass, Morone chrysops (Rafinesque) and yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Standard growth models (i.e. von Bertalanffy models) were developed for these species and for channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). These results provide tools that will help scientists compare growth of fishes across North America.     

黄渤海鲻生长的初步研究

对采自黄渤海沿岩的鲻样品进行了生物学测定，研究了鲻的两性生长，相对增长率，生长指标，生长参数，生长速度和加速度。     

Interactive effects of life history and season on size‐dependent growth in juvenile Atlantic salmon

Size‐dependent growth (SDG) is an important process in structuring populations as well as determining life history outcomes. Despite its importance, there have been few investigations from observational studies focusing on the interaction between life history decisions and SDG. In this study, we used data on individually tagged Atlantic salmon from both the laboratory and the field to investigate differences in SDG among two life history groups, parr and smolts. In the laboratory, we found little evidence of SDG in parr but seasonally dependent SDG in the smolt group. Smolts showed at strong compensatory response over the winter months just prior to the smolt transformation window. In the field, we found little evidence of SDG early in ontogeny (i.e., age 0+ fall and winter). There was some evidence of depensatory growth (positive SDG) during the age 1+ spring among both life history groups that may reflect random habitat variation or the monopolisation of resources. After the age 1+ spring, we found that smolts were more likely to show a compensatory effect (negative SDG) than parr. This effect was strongest, as they approached the smolt window in the spring of their age 2+ year. These results suggest (i) SDG is common in Atlantic salmon; however, the form and extent of life history depends on (ii) season and (iii) life history. For individuals that adopt a smolt life history, trade‐offs between freshwater survival and sea survival may lead to a convergent growth pattern, as they approach the smolt migration window.     

人工养殖山女鳟幼鱼的生长特性

于2004年5月30日-2005年2月30日对人工养殖条件下山女鳟(Oncorhynchus masou masou)的生长特性进行观察,观察阶段为山女鳟初孵鱼苗至11月龄。实验期间水温为自然常温(4.7~16.8℃)。结果表明:在这一生长阶段,山女鳟体质量瞬时增长率与水温变化有关,体质量增长量和增长率随水温的升高而加快,高峰出现在5月龄(2004年8月),水温为16.83℃,但山女鳟的最适生长温度还有待进一步研究确定;体质量增长量、相对增长率与体质量瞬时增长率的变化相一致;山女鳟的生长指标和生长常数在人工养殖条件下变化一致,并显现出规律性;从体长和体质量之间的关系可认为山女鳟幼鱼阶段体长和体质量的生长基本同步,生长式型为匀速生长;山女鳟幼鱼阶段的肥满度与水温变化不一致,随着月龄的变化而波动;饲料的营养配比满足不了各个生长期的营养需求,因此,对山女鳟营养需求及配合饲料的研制还有待进一步的研究。[中国水产科学,2007,14(1):160-164]     

驼背鲈的年龄与生长特征研究

鉴定和描述了驼背鲈鳞片的年龄及其年轮特征,采用4种生长模型来模拟其体长生长过程,通过比较分析得出最适的生长方程,并对其生长拐点以及生长指标等生长特征进行了相应的分析。实验结果表明,驼背鲈鳞片的年轮特征主要表现为疏密型,偶见副轮和生殖轮。von Bertalanffy 生长方程、Gompertz生长方程、Logistic生长方程以及三项式方程均可反映驼背鲈的体长生长过程,其生长特点属于均匀生长类型,其中Gompertz生长方程能更好地描述10龄以前的体长生长性状。体长体重的von Bertalanffy 生长方程为：Lt=566.0139[1-e-0.1549(t+1.0988)];Wt=4531.0076[1-e-0.1641(t+0.76635)]3.0245。体长与体重关系为 Wt＝2.3×10-5Lt3.0245。渐近体长Ｌ∞=566.0139mm,渐近体重Ｗ∞=4531.0076ｇ,体重生长拐点tr=5.98龄,此时的体长与体重分别为376.94mm和1346.26g。     

鱼类生长的幂指数生长方程

研究鱼类生长往往需要选择适当的数学模型来处理实际数据以表征生长的某些特点 ,或用于比较生长速度 ,或用于消除随机因素的影响 ,使生长曲线圆润化 ,以显示生长的趋势。其中受到高度重视并被广泛应用的是贝特朗菲方程 (ｖｏｎＢｅｒｔａｌａｎｆｆｙｅｑｕａｔｉｏｎ)。然而该模型在理论上有不足之处 ,适用范围也不够理想。为此 ,取陆文杰[1] 对林木生长研究中提出并命名的数学模型———幂指数生长方程 ,用大量的鱼类生长数据[2 -6] 验证结果 ,证实该方程比贝氏方程更适于研究鱼类生长规律。1　材料与方法1 .1　数据及其来源共 12 4份 ,75…     

Length–weight relationship and growth performance of different life stages of hatchery‐produced magur,Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822)

Length–weight relationship (LWR) of 661 numbers of hatchery‐produced magur, Clarias magur of all the life stages such as hatchlings, fry, fingerlings, juveniles and adults, was studied. The LWR of all the life stages of magur was estimated and the equations are as follows, hatchlings W = 0.0052*L^1.282 (r² = 0.8784), fry W = 0.0088*L^3.028 (r² = 0.8113), fingerlings W = 0.0065*L^3.226 (r² = 0.8906), juveniles W = 0.0028*L^3.420 (r² = 0.8175) and adults W = 0.0017*L^3.491 (r² = 0.8310). A positive allometric growth (b > 3) was observed in all the life stages except hatchlings. The annual growth rate of magur was observed with the body length and weight of 24 ± 1 cm and 115 ± 17 g, respectively, under the commercial production system. This is the first kind of study that describes about the LWR and growth performance of all the life stages of hatchery‐produced C. magur catfish from hatchlings to adults under commercial production system. This study will be more useful to the hatchery managers and fish growers to optimize the resources and husbandry practices to improve the growth, survival, and biomass production.     

东海条石鲷仔鱼耳石日轮与生长的关系

2009年4月15日-5月5日在浙江省舟山水产研究所条石鲷(Oplegnathus fasciatus)人工繁殖期间,逐日选择胚胎和仔鱼样本,连续解剖观察发育后期胚胎和前期仔鱼,光镜观察仔鱼矢耳石和微耳石的形态、日轮数,测定其直径,研究条石鲷的耳石日轮和生长。结果表明,受精后约26h,条石鲷胚胎听囊内出现1对矢耳石和1对微耳石;仔鱼孵出第2天形成第1个轮纹,之后每天形成1轮,孵化后天数(N)和矢耳石日轮数(D)的关系为N=D+1;在第8天左右,矢耳石上出现第2条明显的标记轮,为初次摄食轮。仔鱼耳石长径(rs,μm)与鱼体体长(L,mm)呈线性相关,其关系式为rs=18.146L-44.436;矢耳石长径rs与微耳石长径rl之间存在线性相关,其关系式为rs=0.6125rl+1.9882。根据结果确认,矢耳石轮纹可作为条石鲷仔鱼日龄的判别依据。     

驼背鲈的年龄与生长特征

鉴定和描述了驼背鲈鳞片的年龄及其年轮特征,采用4种生长模型来模拟其体长生长过程,通过比较分析得出最适的生长方程,并对其生长拐点以及生长指标等生长特征进行了相应分析。实验结果表明,驼背鲈鳞片的年轮特征主要表现为疏密型,偶见副轮和生殖轮。vonBertalanffy生长方程、Gompertz生长方程、Log istic生长方程以及三项式方程均可反映驼背鲈的体长生长过程,其生长特点属于均匀生长类型,其中Gompertz生长方程能更好地描述10龄以前的体长生长性状。体长体重的von Bertalanffy生长方程为:Lt=566.0139[1-e-0.1549(t 1.0988)];Wt=4531.0076[1-e-0.1641(t 0.76635)]3.0245。体长与体重关系为Wt=2.3×10-5Lt3.0245。渐近体长L∞=566.0139 mm,渐近体重W∞=4531.0076 g,体重生长拐点tr=5.98龄,此时的体长与体重分别为376.94 mm和1 346.26 g。     

转生长激素基因鲤的快速生长效应及传代

报道了转生长激素基因鲤阳性群体的建立科“超级鲤”的获得。给出了“超级鲤”和对照组连续4年的生长实验结果及“超级鲤”子代连续3年的生长对照的体重数据。结果显示,外源生长激素基因对受体鲤具有快速生长效应,但具有这种超速生长作用的个体在转基因鲤群体中占极少数。此效应能传递给子代,子代中快速生长个体的比例大大高于转基因实验群体。     

基于工厂化养殖的圆斑星鲽生长初步研究

为了解工厂化养殖条件下圆斑星鲽(Verasper variegates)幼鱼的生长特性,在水温9.0~22.5℃时,对圆斑星鲽幼鱼的体长和体质量进行了近1年的测定分析。结果显示:平均体长为(9.29±0.16)cm、平均体质量为(22.11±1.03)g的5月龄左右的圆斑星鲽幼鱼,经1年的人工饲养后平均体长为(36.15±0.36)cm、平均体质量为(647.97±12.54)g,体长与日龄之间呈线性关系L=1.492x+2.350,R2=0.966,其体长平均瞬时增长率为0.12,体长平均月增长量为2.44 cm;体质量与日龄之间呈指数关系Wgc=9.380 e0.264x,R2=0.960,其体质量平均瞬时增长率为0.31,体质量平均月增长量为56.92 g;体长与体质量的回归曲线Wwl=0.030x2.971,R2=0967,幂指数约等于3,表明体质量与体长的立方呈正相关系,为等比生长类型。在工厂化养殖条件下,圆斑星鲽幼鱼的体质量增长量、体质量相对生长率、体质量瞬时生长率与水温变化大体一致,16~18℃时增重较快;反映幼鱼生长阶段的生长指标、生长系数波动较大,没有显示出规律性;体质量与体长呈显著相关,处于负异速生长阶段。     

The interrelation between temperature regimes and fish size in juvenile Atlantic cod (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Gadus morhua</Emphasis>): effects on growth and feed conversion efficiency

The present paper describes the growth properties of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) reared at 7, 10, 13 and 16 °C, and a group reared under “temperature steps” i.e. with temperature reduced successively from 16 to 13 and 10 °C. Growth rate and feed conversion efficiency of juvenile Atlantic cod were significantly influenced by the interaction of temperature and fish size. Overall growth was highest in the 13 °C and the T-step groups but for different reasons, as the fish at 13 °C had 10% higher overall feeding intake compared to the T-step group, whereas the T-step had 8% higher feeding efficiency. After termination of the laboratory study the fish were reared in sea pens at ambient conditions for 17 months. The groups performed differently when reared at ambient conditions in the sea as the T-step group was 11.6, 11.5, 5.3 and 7.5% larger than 7, 10, 13 and 16 °C, respectively in June 2005. Optimal temperature for growth and feed conversion efficiency decreased with size, indicating an ontogenetic reduction in optimum temperature for growth with increasing size. The results suggest an optimum temperature for growth of juvenile Atlantic cod in the size range 5–50 g dropping from 14.7 °C for 5–10 g juvenile to 12.4 °C for 40–50 g juvenile. Moreover, a broader parabolic regression curve between growth, feed conversion efficiency and temperature as size increases, indicate increased temperature tolerance with size. The study confirms that juvenile cod exhibits ontogenetic variation in temperature optimum, which might partly explain different spatial distribution of juvenile and adult cod in ocean waters. Our study also indicates a physiological mechanism that might be linked to cod migrations as cod may maximize their feeding efficiency by active thermoregulation.     

太湖新银鱼周年生长计算的初步分析

本文对生活在北京水体中的太湖新银鱼进行了生长测定和计算,其结果:1.全长与体重的相关关系W=4.166×10~(-6)L~(2.0(?))。2.全长生长和体重生长方程L_t=80.0783[1-e~(-0.2695(t-0.2486))、W_t=1.7074[1-e~(-5.2695(t-0.2486))]~3。3.全长增长以2月龄增长最大,体重增长以4—5月龄增重最大。4.分析了全长和体重生长速度和生长加速度。