Evaluation of the marine copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht as live feed for larviculture of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer Bloch with special reference to nutritional value
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: The present study compared the growth and survival of 14-day old larvae of Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer fed on copepod Oithona rigida. The 21 days larval rearing experiment showed that copepod significantly improves growth and survival of seabass larvae. On termination of the experiment, length and weight of the copepod fed larvae were significantly higher than that of seabass larvae fed on Brachionus plicatilis and Artemia nauplii. The results clearly indicate that the superior n-3 HUFA (highly unsaturated fatty acids) content as well as the nutritional composition of O. rigida can support the fish larvae for appreciable growth and survival.
Source: Indian Journal of Fisheries
Author: P. Santhanam
Institution: Bharathidasan University
Language: English
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Life below water, Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2337906872