@article {Chaimongkol:December 2001:1355-557X:53,
	author = "Chaimongkol A.",
	author = "Boonyaratpalin M.",
	title = "Effects of ash and inorganic phosphorus in diets on growth and mineral composition of seabass Lates calcarifer (Bloch)",
	journal = "Aquaculture Research",
	volume = "32",
	year = "December 2001",
	abstract = "<P>Seabass fingerling of average mass 1.28 g were fed with low-ash diets (diets 1&#150;4) and high-ash diets (diets 5&#150;8) supplemented with mono-sodium phosphate containing phosphorus at 0, 0.25, 0.50 and 1.0%, respectively. Fish were fed to satiation twice daily for 12 weeks in a flow-through system. The results indicated that dietary ash and supplemented P at tested levels had no significant effects on growth. The supplementation of 0.5 and 1.0% P in low-ash diet resulted in significantly increased whole-body P, and supplemented P at 0.5% led to a significant increase in whole-body zinc. The highest levels of P and Zn in bones were noted in fish fed diet 2. Apparent digestibility of protein in fish fed low-ash diets was significantly higher than in fish fed high-ash diets. Calcium, magnesium, P and Zn retention in fish fed low-ash diets were significantly higher than in fish fed high-ash diets. The results indicate that low-ash diets without supplemented P satisfy the needs of the fish for growth and bone mineralization without causing adverse effects on the utilization of other minerals and pollutes less than high-ash diets.</P>",
	pages = "53-59(7)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/ares/2001/00000032/A00100s1/art00035"
	doi = "doi:10.0000/026999497378566"
}