Dr Ingrid Lupatsch, Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Research, Swansea University, United Kingdom describes the importance of bioenergetics in aquaculture.
Bioenergetics
describe the flow of energy and nutrients within a biological system in
our example a fish or shrimp. It describes the biological process of
utilisation and transformation of absorbed nutrients for energy, for own
body synthesis. The feed, that is consumed, is transformed in the body,
complex chemical compounds are broken down into simpler components -
protein into amino acids, carbohydrates into glucose, lipids into fatty
acids and with this process energy is released - which is used for
maintenance, for renewing worn out tissue and building new tissue - for
growth. The major organic compounds in feeds such as lipid, protein and
carbohydrates are the sources of energy but they also supply the
building material for growth.
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