. 2022 Nov 23;2022:6038613. doi: 10.1155/2022/6038613

Table 3.

Growth performance and feed utilization of juvenile mud crab Scylla paramamosain fed with different dietary ARA levels.

Items	Dietary ARA levels (g kg⁻¹)						ANOVA	Linear		Quadratic
Items	0.40	2.50	4.60	8.90	12.50	15.70	p value	p value	R ²	p value	R ²
IBW (g)	11.36 ± 0.21	11.26 ± 0.01	11.58 ± 0.04	11.36 ± 0.05	11.02 ± 0.17	11.17 ± 0.06	0.074	0.119	0.092	0.127	0.139
PWG (%)	104.41 ± 0.32^c	119.47 ± 1.86^d	121.98 ± 1.34^d	117.71 ± 2.89^d	96.38 ± 4.16^b	82.95 ± 1.41^a	0.000	0.002	0.431	0.000	0.875
Survival (%)	74.83 ± 7.22	75.00 ± 0.00	87.50 ± 0.00	83.33 ± 7.22	79.17 ± 7.22	75.00 ± 12.50	0.127	0.686	0.051	0.037	0.269
SGR (% day⁻¹)	1.28 ± 0.00^c	1.40 ± 0.02^d	1.42 ± 0.01^d	1.39 ± 0.02^d	1.20 ± 0.04^b	1.08 ± 0.01^a	0.000	0.001	0.445	0.000	0.887
FE	0.67 ± 0.01^c	0.75 ± 0.01^d	0.80 ± 0.01^e	0.72 ± 0.03^d	0.64 ± 0.01^b	0.55 ± 0.02^a	0.000	0.003	0.392	0.000	0.804
MR	0.49 ± 0.04^ab	0.57 ± 0.08^bc	0.71 ± 0.04^c	0.50 ± 0.05^ab	0.46 ± 0.03^ab	0.38 ± 0.04^a	0.012	0.037	0.197	0.012	0.368

Values are represented as the mean ± SD of three replicates (n = 3). Values in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05). IBW: initial body weight; PWG: percent weight gain; SGR: specific growth rate; FE: feed efficiency; and MR: molting ratio.