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ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 64, Issue 2, Pages 651-658Publisher
INST BIOLOSKA ISTRAZIVANJA SINISA STANKOVIC
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1202651G
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Prawn; ecdysis; development; exoskeleton; growth; molting cycle; Macrobrachium tenellum; Mexico
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- Consejo Estatal de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Jalisco (COECYTJAL) [06-2009-661]
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) [2010-156252, 77608]
- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR) [AC2.5]
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Studies on the molting cycle of Macro brachium tenellum are not available, which limits the scope of studies of growth and reproduction. The duration of the molt cycle was determined under controlled experimental conditions. The prawns were divided into four groups according to weight: Group 1(1.0-1.9 g), Group 2 (2.0-2.9 g), Group 3 (3.0-3.9 g), and Group 4 (4.0-9.0 g). The increase in total weight was higher in groups 2 (23.4%) and 3 (20.3%) than in group 1 (similar to 18%) and 4 (similar to 18%). The increase in size after molting among all groups was statistically different: in group 1 it increased 6.1% (highest) and in group 2 it increased 2.2% (lowest). The duration of a complete cycle was 8.9, 9.4, 10.4, and 15.1 days for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The lengths of the molting cycles were not significantly different between groups 1 and 2, but group 4 was different from group 1.
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