8 FLOWING WATER FISH CULTURE. Temperature °C 5 o 05 7.0 15 20 Growth Rate (em/month) Figure 2.3. Growth of blue tlapla, Oreochromis aureas, in cmumonth at temperatures from 20 to 30°C. (From Soderberg, R. W., Progressive Fish-Cufurist, 52, 157, 1990, With permission.) Table 27. TU (1 TU = 1°C greater than 17.8°C for one month) Required per Centimeter of Blue Tilapia Growth at Temperatures from 20 to 30°C Exposure TU required’ temperature, °C com of growth 20 67 25 70 30 69 Mean 63 From Soderberg, W., Progressive Fish-Culturist, 52, 186, 1990. (with permission. T is temperature in °C for all equations presented here) with a coefficient of determination (F) of 0.637. The F value is improved to 0.792 in the more efficient temperature range of 7 to 19°C. The growth equation over this temperature range is AL = 0,006 + 0.0455 T. Although temperature unit requirements did not differ significantly over the temperature range of 7 to 19°C, actual growth was less at 19°C than at 16°C (Dwyer etal. 1981a). Thus, the linear growth model is further improved by narrowing the temperature range to 7 to 16°C, where AL = -0,068 + 0.0578 T (# = 0.882). The values derived from Haskell's (1959) data are better correlated (r# > 0,99) than those of Dwyer et al. (19812), probably due to the narrower temperature range (5.5 to 12.2°C) of his determinations, The equation resulting from regression analy- of Haskell's data in AL = 0,348 + 0.0944 T and gives AL values similar to FISH GROWTH IN HATCHERIES ® ‘Table 2.8, MTU (average monthly temperature, °C) Required per Centimeter of Tiger Muskellunge Early and ‘Advanced Fingerling Growth at Temperatures from 14 t0 28°C. MTU reat ts/em of growth ary fingeriings Advanced fingeriings (-4'em) (12-19 em) 38 = 38 = 38 50 37 — ar 48 39 50 37 52 = 54 38 53 = 87 = 93 38 58 ‘Meade otal (1883) ‘Table 2.9. Summary of Temperature Unit or Monthly Temperature Unit Flah species Ret. Brook Trout Haskell 195 Brook Trout Duyer etal. 19812 Brook Trout Dwyer et al 198% Rainbow Trout Duper otal. 1981b Lake Trout Dwyer etal. 19810 Stoolhoad Trout Dyer etal. 1982 Stoelhead Trout Dwyer etal, 1982 ‘Alanle Salmon Dyer and Piper 1967 hannel Catfish Andrews etal 1972 Blue Tilapia Soderberg 1980 ‘Tiger Muskotungo pers) 38 14-24 Meade et al 1983, 12-19. om 5a 18-28 Moado etal 1983, 12413 om 5.1 18-24 1963 TTU = Mean monthly temperature in °F ~ 98.6 > NITU = Maan monthly temperature in °C — O°C. 3 TU = Mean monthly temperature in °C = 17.8°C those predicted by the equation derived from Dwyers data in the temperature range of 7 to 16°C. Ralnbow trout: The MTU requirements were significantly greater at 4°C than at other test temperatures up to 19°C, Growth efficiency did not differ significantly in the temperature range of 7 to 19°C, but actual growth at 19°C ‘was less than that at 16°C (Dwyer et el. 1981b). The growth equations for the temperature ranges of 4 to 19, 7 to 19 and 7 to 16°C are AL = ~0,040 + 0.505 T (8 0,886), AL = 0,043 + 0.0480 T (= 0.801) and AL = ~0.167 + 0.066 T (#2 = 0.971), ronpectively.