The distribution of apple snail Pomacea canaliculata is islandwide but Pomacea scalaris is only found in southern Taiwan. In order to gain more information on the not well-known invasive species of P. scalaris, the growth and feeding of P. canaliculata and P. scalaris were studied. The hatching period of P. canaliculata (10.4¡Ó1.3 days) was shorter than that of P. scalaris (12.2¡Ó2.3 days). And, the hatching size of P. canaliculata was also smaller. Two weeks after hatching, a significant higher growth rate in P. canaliculata had been found. The 75-day growth equations for P. canaliculata and P. scalaris were y = 0.29x + 1.09 (p < 0.001) and y = 0.16x + 1.68 (p < 0.001), respectively. Feeding structures of mandible, radulae, central tooth and stomach in P. canaliculata were larger than that of P. scalaris. But, there was no significant difference in the length of gut between the two species. Food passing time in P. canaliculata (1.4¡Ó0.7 days) was less than that of P. scalaris (2.9¡Ó0.7 days). And, the approximate digestibility per day of P. canaliculata (44.41¡Ó24.02%) was higher than that of P. scalaris. Through the analyses of £_13C, £_15N, stomach content and feces, it is known that they have the same trophic level with similar food sources. Additionally, the values of £_13C and £_15N were significantly different between sites of JiouRu and Wugou-shui, Pingtung. In other words, the feeding environments were different between the two sites. Based on the results, it is concluded that the superiority of growth and feeding performance in P. canaliculata is important in shaping its wide distribution in Taiwan.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0809108-111655 |
| Date | 09 August 2008 |
| Creators | Li, Min-Ching |
| Contributors | Shih-Hsiung Liang, Li-Lian Liu, Yuh-Wen Chiu |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0809108-111655 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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