Home-range size in juveniles of the temperate reef fish, the common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum)

An organism’s home range dictates the spatial scale on which important processes occur (e.g. competition and predation) and directly affects the relationship between individual fitness and local habitat quality. Many reef fish species have very restricted home ranges after settlement and, here, we quantify home-range size in juveniles of a widespread and abundant reef fish in New Zealand, the common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum). We conducted visual observations on 49 juveniles (mean size = 35-mm total length) within the Wellington harbour, New Zealand. Home ranges were extremely small, 0.053 m2 ± 0.029 (mean ± s.d.) and were unaffected by adult density, body size or substrate composition. A regression tree indicated that home-range size sharply decreased ~4.5 juveniles m–2 and a linear mixed model confirmed that home-range sizes in high-density areas (>4.5 juveniles m–2) were significantly smaller (34%) than those in low-density areas (after accounting for a significant effect of fish movement on our home-range estimates). Our results suggest that conspecific density may have negative and non-linear effects on home-range size, which could shape the spatial distribution of juveniles within a population, as well as influence individual fitness across local density gradients.

Effects of copper in plasma, gills, liver and muscle of seabream (Sparus aurata, Linnaeus 1758) juveniles

Dissertação de Mestrado, Aquacultura e Pescas, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, 2006

Dietary biodiesel-derived crude glycerol in gilthead seabream juveniles (Sparus aurata): effects on growth performance and metabolism

In the European Union the turn towards renewable energy sources has increased the production of biodiesel from rapeseed oil, leaving glycerol (also known as glycerin) as a valuable by-product. For every litre of biodiesel produced, approximately 79 g of crude glycerol are generated. As the biodiesel production grows, the quantity of crude glycerol generated will be considerable and its utilization will become an urgent topic. One possibility is the use of crude glycerol on animal feeds. Glycerol has been evaluated as a dietary energy source for several farm animals, including fish. A study was undertaken to assess the effect of dietary biodiesel-derived glycerol (from rapeseed oil) on the overall growth performance, digestive capacity and metabolic nutrient utilization in juvenile gilthead seabream fed a low fishmeal level diet. Two practical diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous (crude protein, 45.4% DM), isolipidic (18.5% DM) and isoenergetic (gross energy, 21.3 kJ/g DM). The control diet (CTRL) was formulated with intermediate levels of marine-derived proteins (19%). In the same basal formulation, 5% glycerol (GLY) was incorporated at the expenses of wheat. Each dietary treatment was tested in triplicate tanks over 63 days, with 20 gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), with a mean initial body weight (IBW) of 27.9  0.12 g. At the end of the trial, fish fed the CTRL diet reached a final body weight of 84.3  2.2 g (more than 3-fold increase of initial body weight). Fish fed the GLY diet showed a significantly higher (P<0.05) growth, expressed in terms of final body weight and specific growth rate. Voluntary feed intake was similar between the two treatments, but both feed efficiency and protein efficiency ratio were significantly improved (P<0.05) in fish fed the GLY diet. Dietary glycerol had no effect (P>0.05) on the apparent digestibility of protein. In comparison to the control treatment, dietary glycerol significantly improved (P<0.05) protein and fat retention. Activities of digestive enzymes were significantly affected by the various dietary treatments. Fish fed the GLY diet showed an enhanced activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and pepsin, while activities of lipase and leucine-alanine peptidase (LAP) were little affected by dietary glycerol. Fish show the ability to use crude glycerol as a dietary energy substrate.

Estudio del metabolísmo estandar, requerimiento total de energía y actividad en juveniles de sardina (Sardinops sagax)

Estudia los requerimientos energéticos de la sardina juvenil en relación a su velocidad de natación

Estudio experimental sobre la acción dinámica especifica (SDA) y la eficiencia digestiva de juveniles de Sardinas Sardinops sagax sagax (Jenyns)

Una dieta rica en Noctiluca, equivalente al 6.2% del peso húmedo en un experimento y al 15.5% en otro, fue suministrado a dos individuos muy parecidos en talla y peso; los cálculos indican un gasto en SDA equivalente al 27.6% de las calorias ingeridas en el primer caso y al 24.1% en el segundo. La eficiencia digestiva o de asimilación resultó ser en el primer experimento del 84.7% de la energía ingerida y de 87.7% en el segundo. El equipo utilizado no incluyó control de flujo de agua.

Factores de riesgo y consumo de drogas en bandas juveniles

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Enfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Respuesta fisiológica en juveniles de pez espátula (Polyodon spathula) inducida por estrés de manejo en su cultivo [por] Florentino García Torres

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ecología Acuática y Pesca) U.A.N.L.

Análisis de los indicadores de la atención sostenida en delincuentes juveniles.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Orientación en Neuropsicología) UANL, 2011.

El efecto de entrenamiento Anselmi en el desarrollo de potencia y velocidad en jugadores juveniles de básquetbol.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias del Ejercicio con Especialidad en Deporte de Alto Rendimiento) UANL, 2013.

Evaluación de tiempos y movimientos en la producción de tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivado en invernadero.

Tesis (Maestro en Ciencias en Producción Agrícola) UANL, 2013.

La mujer y los movimientos populares

UANL

Locuras juveniles

UANL

Recuerdos de la infancia y de la escuela ; memorias juveniles

UANL

Algunos apuntes para una nueva cosmogonía o sea un breve ensayo sobre el origen, sucesiva formación y diferentes movimientos de los cuerpos celestes por Jesús Dávila y Pr

UANL

Historia de Méjico: desde los primeros movimientos que prepararon su Independencia en el año de 1808 hasta la época presente

UANL