Effect of increase in temperature on the survival and growth of Macrobrachium amazonicum (Palaemonidae) in the Amazon

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Table 2

Performance parameters of Macrobrachium amazonicum juveniles after 90 days of cultivation at different temperature treatments (T0: 28 ± 0.5 °C, T1: 30 ± 0.2 °C, T2: 32 ± 0.5 °C).

Temperature	Performance parameters

	GFC	WG (g)	TWG (%)	SGR (%/day)	GRL (%)	SR (%)	Kn
T0	2.7 ± 0.03^a	0.99 ± 0.05^a	433 ± 46^a	11.0 ± 0.6^a	74.7 ± 4.7^a	78.7 ± 8.9^a	1.00 ± 0.002^a
T1	2.9 ± 0.15^b	0.80 ± 0.10^b	371 ± 40^a	8.8 ± 1.1^b	65.9 ± 5.6^b	65.2 ± 9.7^b	0.98 ± 0.009^b
T2	2.9 ± 0.16^b	0.74 ± 0.01^b	348 ± 54^a	8.3 ± 1.07^b	64.6 ± 5.6^b	36.5 ± 9.1^b	0.97 ± 0.016^b
Dunn test	7.42	7.73	3.57	7.73	4.50	7.96	2.56
P-value	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.05

Mean values followed by the same letters in the same column indicate no difference according to the Dunn test. GFC: Gross feed conversion rate, WG: Body weight gain, WGR: Body weight gain rate, SGR: Specific growth rate, GRL: Growth rate in length, SR: Survival rate.

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