The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants.This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Harnessing Aquaculture and Fisheries
Food type preference, Breeding Seasonality and size at first Maturity of Synodontis njassae of Southeast arm of Lake Malawi
Abstract:
The food type preferencein the southeast arm of Lake Malawi
was studied. Frequency of occurrence, gravimetric, volumetric
and index of relative importance was used to assess food
preference. It was found that S. njassae is an omnivore,
consuming a range of aquatic insects, detritus, phytoplankton’s
and other fish. Therefore, this species may accept a wide
range of formulated diets that contains ingredients derived from
plants, aquatic macro-invertebrates or animals. This makes the
culturing of this species in captivity potentially possible.
La préférence de type d’aliment dans le bras Sud-Est du lac
Malawi a été étudiée. La fréquence de l’événement,
gravimétrique, volumétrique et l’indice de l’importance relative
ont été utilisés pour évaluer la préférence alimentaire. Il a été
constaté que S. njassaeis un omnivore, consomme une variété
d’insectes aquatiques, des détritus, du phytoplancton et d’autres
poissons. Par conséquent, cette espèce peut accepter un large
éventail de régimes alimentaires formulés qui contient des
ingrédients dérivés de plantes, de macro-invertébrés aquatiques
ou d’animaux. Cela rend la mise en culture de cette espèce en
captivité potentiellement possible.
Language:
English
Extended abstracts submitted under Harnessing Aquaculture and Fisheries
Date of publication:
2012
Country:
Region Focus:
Southern Africa
Collection:
RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
Agris Subject Categories:
Agrovoc terms:
Additional keywords:
Licence conditions:
Open Access
Access restriction:
Form:
Printed resource
Publisher:
ISSN:
E_ISSN:
Edition:
Notes:
