Research Article

Nutritional Performance of Juvenile Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Fed Various Fish, Shrimp, and Squid Diets

Table 1

Daily water quality measurements (temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and pH) and weekly water quality measurements (ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate) taken throughout the 12-week feeding trial.

Water quality parameterRange

Temperature °C24.40 – 24.80246
Dissolved oxygen mg L-15.74 – 7.02222
pH7.47 – 8.10246
Salinity ppt28.66 – 32.99246
Ammonia mg L-10.00 – 0.1972
Nitrite mg L-10.01 – 0.0471
Nitrate mg L-11.10 – 7.5071