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Growth

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Fish Energetics

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The starting point for any discussion of growth processes lies in the simple statement: that which remains in the body must equal that which goes in minus that which comes out and that which remains is growth. This simple statement regarding growth considers the organism to be an energy depot into which flows energy as food and out of which flows heat energy. It is the basis of the ‘balanced energy equation’ (Winberg, 1956) and is externally controlled in that growth limitation can occur via factors imposing limits on the rate of food consumption. The inclusion of a feedback loop into the energy equation, in which heat loss (metabolism) is dependent upon food supply, introduces a degree of internal regulation of the growth processes, but overall control remains dependent upon external factors.

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Jobling, M. (1985). Growth. In: Tytler, P., Calow, P. (eds) Fish Energetics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7918-8_8

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