Modeling thermal effect on growth of chinese shrimp, Penaeus chinensis (Osbeck)

A couple of experiments were conducted to estimate the optimal temperature effect on growth of Chinese shrimp (Penaeus chinensis). The equation describing growth-temperature relationship derived from the first experiment with temperature ranging from 16° to 31°C was found linear as the following: G = -0.005667 + 0.001103 T, G and T are daily growth rate and temperature, respectively. cond experiment indicated that the daily growth rate was a quadratic function of temperature at the limits of 27° and 35°C. The equation was G = -0.339587 + 0.023476 T − 0.000375 T2. timal temperature in terms of maximum growth was 31.26°C.