Food habits
and feeding rhythm of the early juvenile Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir
sinensis) in experimental tanks
G. Jin, P. Xie, Z.J. Li, R. Kuwabara-2001
Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 16(4): 647-648
(from Current Contents)
Abstract :
Gastric mills were examined from 98 early juvenile
Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) from experimental tanks.
Recognizable food items were macrophytes, algae, oligochaetes, and detritus;
their percent frequencies of occurrence were 94.6%, 86.5%, 10.7%, and 18.3%,
respectively. The crabs had a diet feeding rhythm.
(Chinese Acad Sci, Donghu Expt Stn Lake Exosyst,
Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China)