There were significant effects of different diets and stages on the weight specific-rate
of oxygen consumption of postlarvae, as well as significant interaction among this two
factors. Oxygen consumption did not show a clear pattern through postlarval stages in all
21 treatments (Table 4). Oxygen consumption varied between 4.8 and 17.9 mO h mg 2
21 dw . There was no decrease in the weight specific-rate of oxygen consumption as
postlarvae increased in weight