Effects of Dietary Carbohydrate Levels on the Growth and Glucose Metabolism of Juvenile Swimming Crab, Portunus trituberculatus

Table 3

Growth performance, feed utilization, and molting rate of Portunus trituberculatus fed with different carbohydrate levels for 8 weeks.

Parameters	Dietary carbohydrate levels (g kg^-1)
	0	60	120	180	240	300
Initial body weight (g)
Final body weight (g)	^bc	^c	^bc	^bc	^ab	^a
Percent weight gain (%)	^bc	^c	^bc	^bc	^ab	^a
Specific growth rate (% day^-1)	^bc	^c	^bc	^bc	^ab	^a
Survival (%)
Molting interval (day)	^a	^a	^ab	^ab	^bc	^c

Data are reported as the of three replicates (). Means in each line with different superscript letters are significantly different ().