Detrital Nonprotein Amino Acids Are the Key to Rapid Growth of Tilapia in Lake Valencia, Venezuela
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- 14 March 1980
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- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 207 (4436) , 1216-1218
Abstract
The detritivorous cichlid Sarotherodon mossambicus grows rapidly on a low-protein diet by assimilating detrital nonprotein amino acids. Differences in the quantity of detrital amino acids in different lakes may account for the variable success of S. mossambicus introductions around the world.Keywords
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