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Table 11.1  Fecundity and fertility results obtained in different tanks, stocking densities, sex ratios, temperature and food
Density (cuttlefish.
m−2)
Tank
Animals Sex ratio Temperature
(°C)
Generation Food
Fecundity
(eggs/♀)
Fertility
(%)
Reference
38
250 L round 30
1♂: 1♀ 27.0 ± 3.0
F1
Frozen Carcinusmaenas
144
50.0
Domingues et al.
(2001b)
19
250 L round 15
3♂: 1♀ 15.0 ± 4.0
F2
Live P. varians
225
41.0
Domingues et al.
(2002)
19
250
L round 15
1♂: 1♀ ≈ 17.0
F3
Live P. varians
150
33.0
Domingues et al.
(2003b)
19
250 L round 15
1♂: 1♀
Frozen P. varians
411
85.0
16
250 L round 13
3♂: 1♀ 24.5 ± 1.4
NK
Mixture of live P�
varians,
Carcinusmaenas and fish
834
35.8 ± 9.4 Correia et al.
(2005)
76
250 L round 60
3♂: 1♀
290
62.0 ± 16.9
9
250 L round 27
1♂: 2♀ 17.1 ± 1.7
F2
Live P� varians
370
NK
Sykes et al.
(2006a)
9
250 L round 30
3♂: 1♀ 23.4 ± 1.4
F3
301
16.0
13
250 L round 35
1♂: 2♀ 15.2 ± 3.0
F4
247
47.7
8
250
L round 50
1♂: 1♀ 21.1 ± 2.6
F5
478
67.5
3
250 L round 60
2♂: 1♀ 24.2 ± 1.7
F6
293
0
15
400 L
rectangular
18
1♂: 2♀ 19.5 ± 1.1
F2
Frozen P� varians
787
n.d.
Sykes et
al.
(2009)
4
9,000 L round 23
1♂: 2♀ 20.5 ± 2.9
F1
Frozen P� varians
1,383
72.0
Sykes et al.
(2013b)
15
750 L round 23
1♂: 1♀ 19.0 ± 2.2
F1
Frozen P� varians
223
66.0
29
250 L round 23
1♂: 1♀ 21.2 ± 3.4
F1
Frozen P� varians
325
48.0
Sex ratios are given as observed and not established in the
experiments. In a given column, when a given variable is shared by one or more groups, only one
value is presented. Fecundity is individual fecundity. Fertility is the percentage of hatching eggs
Values shared by several different groups are presented solely in that column
n�d� not determined, NK unknown
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