Periodic Effects of Salinity on Compensatory Expression of Phenotypic Traits in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Yousef Ahmed Alkhamis1,2*, Basanti Mondal3, Roshmon Thomas Mathew2, Ganesan Nagarajan4,5,6, Sheikh Mustafizur Rahman3, Md. Mostafizur Rahman7, Adnan Alhajji1 and Md. Moshiur Rahman3,8*
1Agriculture and Food Sciences College, King Faisal University, Hofuf-420, Al-Ahsa, KSA
2Fish Resources Research Center, King Faisal University, Hofuf-420, Al-Ahsa, KSA
3Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
4Basic Sciences Department, PYD, King Faisal University, Hofuf-420, Al-Asha 31982, Saudi Arabia
5Center of Excellence for the Ocean, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
6Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
7Disaster and Human Security Managements, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka, Bangladesh
8Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, United States
Fig. 1.
The overall design of the experiment.
Fig. 2.
Types of observed body color in experimental Oreochromis niloticus.
Fig. 3.
Variation in standard length (cm) of experimental Oreochromis niloticus reared in control treatment (CT) and salinity treatments (ST) up to three months. Values are given as mean ± standard error (SE). The analysis was done using 95% confidence level.
Fig. 4.
Variation in total body area (cm2) of experimental Oreochromis niloticus reared in control treatment (CT) and salinity treatments (ST) up to three months. Values are given as mean ± standard error (SE). The analysis was done using 95% confidence level.