Table 1. Ontogenetic dietary shifts (% of total food intake by volume) of different life stages/size classes of milkfish, Chanos chanos
Type of food
	Fry (1)	Juvenile (2)	Juvenile (pond) (3)		Broodstock
		(natural habitat)	Feeding	No feeding
Algae		10�47	4�6	22�73	present
Detritus		15�45	15�35	12�60	present
Diatoms		8�30	1�11	0�11	present
Animal		<2�30
Plant		<2�45
Resuspended materials	50�75*
Plankton	50�75
Zooplankton excretion	50�75
Crustaceans			0�2	1�5	present
Others (snails, eggs, higher, plants)			1�2	7�17	present
Supplemental feed			45�78
Sand particles�		0�45			present
*Major composition of food consumed: 50�75%
Data source: (1) Buri (1980); (2) Kumagai and Bagarinao (1981); (3) Lϋckst�dt (2004)