Latency of food anticipatory activity (FAA) in greenback flounder Rhombosolea tapirina was about 21 days. Fish fed at meal sizes of 0.25 and 0.5% W day-1 exhibited FAA under meal durations of 1, 3 and 7 h. Fish fed at 1.5% W day-1 showed FAA only at a meal duration of 1 h. At each meal size, FAA was shorter and lower the longer the duration of the meal. The mean durations of FAA and post-feeding activity were correlated positively (r=0.87; P<0.0; n=7). FAA persisted for <3 days during food deprivation. It is suggested that greenback flounder was capable of evaluating the energetic and temporal impacts of a single daily meal. © 2001 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Research Group:	Fisheries sciences
Research Field:	Aquaculture
Objective Division:	Animal Production and Animal Primary Products
Objective Group:	Fisheries - aquaculture
Objective Field:	Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Purser, GJ (Associate Professor John Purser)
UTAS Author:	Chen, WM (Mr Wei Min Chen)
ID Code:	21341
Year Published:	2001
Web of Science® Times Cited:	9
Deposited By:	TAFI - Aquaculture
Deposited On:	2001-08-01
Last Modified:	2002-06-12
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