The influence of stocking density, light and temperature on the growth, production and nutrient removal capacity of Porphyra dioica (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)

The optimal conditions for growth of Porphyra dioica gametophytes were investigated in the laboratory, focusing on bioremediation potential. Porphyra dioica is one of the most common Porphyra species along the northern coast of Portugal and can be found year-round. The influence of stocking density and photon flux density (PFD) on the growth, production and nutrient removal was tested. Maximum growth rates, up to 33% per day, were recorded with 0.1 g fw l^− 1 at 150 and 250 μmol photons m^− 2 s^− 1. Growth rate decreased significantly with increasing stocking density. Productivity (g fw week^− 1) had an inverse trend, with more production at the higher stocking densities. At 150 μmol m^− 2 s^− 1 and with 1.5 g fw l^− 1, 1.4 g fw week^− 1 were produced. At this PFD, there was no significant difference in production between 0.6 to 1.5 g fw l^− 1. Nitrogen (N) content of the seaweeds decreased with increasing stocking densities and PFDs. The maximum N removal was recorded at 150 μmol m^− 2 s^− 1, with 1.5 g fw l^− 1 stocking density (1.67 mg N day^− 1). However, the N removed by thalli at 50 μmol photons m^− 2 s^− 1 was statistically equal to that at 150 and 250 μmol photons m^− 2 s^− 1, at a stocking density of 1.0 g fw l^− 1. The influence of temperature and photoperiod on growth and reproduction was also assessed. Growth rates of P. dioica were significantly affected by temperature and photoperiod. In this experiment (with 0.3 g fw l^− 1 stocking density), the highest growth rate, 27.5% fw day^− 1, was recorded at 15 °C and 16 : 8¯, L : D¯. Male thalli started to release spermatia 21 days after the beginning of the experiment, in temperatures from 10 to 20 °C and with 10, 12 and 16 h of day length. Unfertilized female-like thalli were observed at 10 to 20 °C, under all photoperiods tested. Growth of these thalli declined after 4 weeks. By then, formation of young bladelets in the basal portion of these thalli was observed. After 7 weeks all biomass produced was solely due to these vegetatively propagated young thalli, growing 22.4% to 26.1% day^− 1. The results of this study showed that P. dioica appears to be a candidate as a nutrient scrubber in integrated aquaculture systems.     

Exploring Northeast American and Asian species of Porphyra for use in an integrated finfish-algal aquaculture system

Many aquaculture industries generate a nutrient-rich waste stream that can lead to eutrophication of coastal waters. To address this environmental issue, the bioremediation potential of several native Northeast American species of Porphyra was assessed and compared to the well-known Asian species. Porphyra thalli were cultured over 4 weeks at 15 °C at a stocking density of 0.4 g FW L^− 1. At 3- to 4-day intervals nutrient uptake, tissue N accumulation and phycobiliprotein concentration (PBP) were determined as functions of nitrogen (N) concentration (25-300 μM) and N source (nitrate vs. ammonium). Growth rates were measured weekly. Growth and tissue N reached maximal levels at inorganic N concentrations of 150-300 μM. Maximum growth rates ranged from 10% to 25% day^− 1, although induction of archeospores reduced average growth rates in many cases. No evidence of ammonium toxicity (reductions in growth rate) was observed; in fact, similar values were found with both N sources. Ammonium generally yielded higher PBP and tissue N contents than nitrate. Porphyra amplissima presented the highest growth rate, followed by the Asian Porphyra yezoensis. Under the experimental conditions, Porphyra spp. removed 70-100% of N within 3-4 days at N concentrations up to 150 μM, but was less efficient in removing inorganic phosphorus (35-91% removal). The highest tissue N and PBP concentrations were found at 150-300 μM of N, with N values close to 7% DW. Overall, Porphyra appears to be an excellent choice for bioremediation of moderately eutrophic effluents, with the added benefit that tissue may be harvested for sale.     

淡水养殖对长江氮磷输出的贡献及其河口环境效应

本研究利用集成式环境评估模式—营养盐模型(IMAGE-GNM),计算了2003—2018年长江流经主要省份淡水养殖引起的总氮(TN)和总磷(TP)年排放量。结果显示,长江流域淡水养殖产生的TN和TP释放量具有一致的空间分布,由湖北、湖南和江西省组成的中游占淡水养殖TN和TP总排放量的60%以上;2003—2018年长江流经的主要省份淡水养殖的TN和TP负荷均呈增长趋势,且TP的增长幅度略高于TN;长江流域淡水养殖TN和TP的年排放量分别占2010年长江N、P输送量的7.93%和13.65%,是长江水体N、P营养盐重要的来源;淡水养殖污染的N/P介于6.35～12.53之间(质量比),也对长江水体N/P失衡起到了一定的缓解作用。本研究估算与观测结果一致性较高,相关估算在一定程度上反映了长江流域养殖污染的现状;随着淡水养殖过程中N、P释放通量的增加,河流—河口富营养化的程度可能会加剧,值得进一步的关注。     

The tetrasporophyte of Asparagopsis armata as a novel seaweed biofilter

The red seaweed Asparagopsis armata (Harvey; Rhodophytae, Bonnemaisoniaceae) produces biologically active secondary metabolites that are valuable natural ingredients for cosmetics and medicine and its cultivation may therefore be a profitable venture. The tetrasporophyte of this species (“Falkenbergia rufolanosa”) was successfully tank-cultivated as a continuous biofilter for the effluent of a commercial fish farm in southern Portugal. Optimal stocking density for highest biomass yield and a low level of other algal species in winter and late spring was 5×g centrifuged fresh weight l^− 1. The effect of total ammonia nitrogen supply (TAN flux) on biofiltration and biomass yield was investigated in winter and spring. Results revealed that A. armata is currently the seaweed-biofilter with the highest TAN removal of up to 90 μmol l^− 1 h^− 1 at a TAN flux of about 500 μmol l^− 1 h^− 1. In the tanks used, this is equivalent to a removal of up to 14.5 g TAN m^− 2 day^− 1. At a lower TAN flux of about 40 μmol l^− 1 h^− 1, TAN removal by A. armata is more than double to what is reported at this flux for another successful seaweed biofilter, the genus Ulva. Monthly variation of A. armata biomass yield peaked in May and was lowest in January. At TAN fluxes between 300 and 400 μmol l^− 1 h^− 1, an average water temperature of 21.7 °C and a total daily photon flux density of 47 Mol m^− 2, seaweed yield was over 100 g DW m^− 2 day^− 1 with a recorded maximum of 119 g. During spring, autumn and early summer, the biomass of A. armata within the experimental tanks doubled every week. A model for the up scaling of this finfish integrated aquaculture of A. armata varies the investment in biofilter surface area and estimates the return in biofiltration and biomass yield. Highest TAN removal efficiencies will only be possible at low TAN fluxes and a very large biofilter area, resulting in a low production of biomass per unit area. To remove 50% of TAN from the effluent (1 mt Sparus aurata; 21 °C), 28 m² of biofilter, designed to support a water turnover rate of 0.8 Vol h^− 1 would be necessary. This system produces 6.1 kg FW (1.5 kg DW) of A. armata per day and has the potential to turn biofiltration into an economically sustained, beneficial side effect.     

The effects of light and temperature on the photosynthesis of the Asparagopsis armata tetrasporophyte (Falkenbergia rufolanosa), cultivated in tanks

The integrated aquaculture of the tetrasporophyte of Asparagopsis armata Harvey (Falkenbergia rufolanosa) using fish farm effluents may be viable due to the species high capacity of removing nutrients and its content of halogenated organic compounds with applications on the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. In order to optimize the integrated aquaculture of F. rufolanosa, we followed the daily variation of the potential quantum yield (F_v/F_m) of PSII on plants cultivated at different biomass densities and different total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) fluxes to check if they are photoinhibited at any time of the day. Moreover, the photoinhibition under continuous exposure to highly saturating irradiance and its potential for subsequent recovery in the shade was assessed. The potential for year round cultivation was evaluated by measuring rates of O₂ evolution of plants acclimated at temperatures ranging from 15 to 29 °C, the temperature range of a fish farm effluent in southern Portugal where an integrated aquaculture system of F. rufolanosa was constructed.Photoinhibition does not seem to be a major constrain for the integrated aquaculture of F. rufolanosa. Only when cultivated at a very low density of 1.5 g fresh weight (FW) l^− 1 that there was a midday decrease in maximal quantum yield (F_v/F_m). At densities higher than 4 g FW l^− 1, no photoinhibition was observed. When exposed to full solar irradiance for 1 h, F. rufolanosa showed a 33% decrease in F_v/F_m, recovering to 86% of the initial value after 2 h in the shade. A midday decline of the F. rufolanosa F_v/F_m was also observed under the lowest TAN flux tested (∼6 μM h^− 1), suggesting that this fast and easy measurement of fluorescence may be used as a convenient diagnostic tool to detect nutrient-starved unbalance conditions of the cultures. Maximum net photosynthesis peaked at 15 °C with 9.7 mg O₂ g dry weight (DW)^− 1 h^− 1 and remained high until 24 °C. At 29 °C, the net oxygen production was significantly reduced due to a dramatic increase of respiration, suggesting this to be the species' lethal temperature threshold.Results indicate that F. rufolanosa has a considerable photosynthetic plasticity and confirm it as a good candidate for integrated aquaculture at temperatures up to 24° C and cultivation densities of at least 5 g FW l^− 1. When cultivated at these densities, light does not penetrate below the first few centimetres of the surface zone. Plants circulate within the tanks, spending around 10% of the time in the first few centimetres where they are able to use efficiently the saturating light levels without damaging their photosynthetic apparatus.     

Enhanced production of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in integrated open-water cultivation with Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

Survivorship and performance was investigated for two size classes of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus grown adjacent to open-water Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) cultivation on the north-west coast of Scotland. Juvenile P. lividus were maintained for 12 months at 0 m, 50 m and 2.5 km from the mariculture activity. The sea urchins at the 0 m station showed higher survivorship than at the 50 m and 2.5 km stations and had significantly greater test diameter than at the 50 m station. Only urchins at 0 m developed gonads and, although small, these were of acceptable or excellent colouration in terms of their marketability. Adult P. lividus were maintained for 3 months at 0 m and 15 m from the mariculture activity, either with or without additional macroalgae Laminaria spp. Sea urchins at the 0 m station and fed additional macroalgae showed higher gonadal growth than sea urchins at the 15 m station held without additional food. Gonad colouration in the adult urchins, irrespective of the treatment, was acceptable or excellent. The 0 m station also received significantly greater quantities of particulate organic matter (POM) than the other stations in both the juvenile and adult experiments. At the 0 m station, the presence of the fatty acid 22:1n-11 and elevated levels of the long chain n-3 fatty acid DHA 22:6n-3 in the gonadal tissue of the urchins confirmed the consumption of fish farm derived POM and highlighted the potential human health benefits from consuming sea urchin roe.The results show that P. lividus can thrive in the salmon culture environment and suggests that the integration of P. lividus with Atlantic salmon can provide a viable means to culture this species, even at this northerly latitude. Salmon-sea urchin co-culture would enable fish farms to diversify into producing a second highly valuable product and would reduce the increasing worldwide pressure of sea urchin fisheries on wild stocks.     

碳、氮、磷营养对7种海洋微藻种群增长的影响研究

文章采用批次培养方式研究双胞旋沟藻(Cochlodinium geminatum)、米氏凯伦藻(Karenia mikimotoi)、中肋骨条藻(Skeletonema costatum)、牟氏角毛藻(Chaetoceros muelleri)、球形棕囊藻(Phaeocystis globosa)、亚心形扁藻(Platymonas subcordiformis)和眼点拟微绿球藻(Nannochloropsis oculata)在不同碳(C)、氮(N)、磷(P)条件下的生长特性,以期为养殖尾水的原位处理筛选优良藻种(株)。结果表明,这7种微藻的比生长速率与C、N、P浓度总体呈正相关。相较对照组,C对旋沟藻、骨条藻和拟微绿球藻比生长速率的促进作用分别为35%、19%和19%,P对比生长速率的最大促进作用介于25.01%~446.60%,硝酸盐为16.54%~77.52%,铵盐为15.79%~88.82%,尿素为25.16%~71.43%。7种微藻的最大比生长速率与细胞体积总体呈负相关,棕囊藻的比生长速率最高,拟微绿球藻和扁藻最大比生长速率与其他藻华种相比无显著差别。微藻的氮磷吸收速率随细胞体积增加呈升高趋势,单位氮磷利用效率随细胞体积增加呈降低趋势。培养液中P吸收速率显著高于N,氮磷比均呈升高趋势。眼点拟微绿球藻和亚心形扁藻可用于养殖尾水氮磷的快速去除。     

The fatty acid composition of Nereis diversicolor cultured in an integrated recirculated system: Possible implications for aquaculture

The potential of solid waste originating from a recirculated fish culture system, i.e. faecal material, uneaten food pellets and bacterial biofilms was examined as food source for the marine polychaete Nereis diversicolor. These polychaetes could be a valuable food for fish if they provide essential fatty acids to the fish. Therefore, we analysed the fatty acid profiles from feed and faecal materials, the sediment as well as the cultured organisms — fish and several batches of N. diversicolor — from an integrated recirculating aquaculture system.The major fatty acids (saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) for all analysed fish feed, fish and faeces samples were C16:0, C18:1 and C22:6 (n − 3), accounting for 48% to 57% of the fatty acids in the samples. The major fatty acids within the sediment were C16:0, C18:1 and C18:3 (n − 3), accounting for 61% of the total fatty acids. The samples of N. diversicolor revealed C16:0, C18:1 and C20:5 (n − 3) as the major fatty acids. Combined, they accounted for 56% of the total fatty acids detected within the worm samples.The results indicate that a recycling or even an upgrade of excreted feed nutrients such as fatty acids, which were otherwise discharged, can be achieved through integrated aquaculture combining fish and worm culture.     

发展山东省海水健康养殖的构想和主要对策

山东作为海水养殖大省，产量约占全国的1／3。在传统捕捞业面临近海渔业资源枯竭、传统渔场面积减小的形势下，加大现代生物技术、新材料等在海水养殖业中的应用，挖掘海水养殖潜力，推动海水养殖业可持续发展，对于发展渔区经济，增加渔民收入更具有现实意义和历史意义。本文针对山东海水养殖的现状和问题，对健康养殖的发展构想及对策进行了初步探讨。     

半滑舌鳎成鱼开放流水与循环水养殖模式下生长及肌肉营养成分差异研究

为半滑舌鳎的集约化养成提供基础数据,设定开放流水和循环水两种养殖模式,以处于快速生长期的大规格鱼种(0.640 ±0.063) kg为研究对象,检测半滑舌鳎的生长及肉质相关指标,实验共进行7个月,结果显示:①半滑舌鳎在两种养殖模式下的成活率分别为79.89％和90.38％,月增重率分别是0.154 7和0.1109 kg,肥满度分别是0.920和0.838,生长激素分泌量分别是2.812和2.706 μg/L.循环水养殖模式组在成活率、增重率、肥满度和生长激素分泌量上分别高于开放流水养殖模式组13.13％、39.5％、9.8％和3.92％.②两种养殖模式,开放流水养殖模式组在粗蛋白、氨基酸、PUFA上更占优势,但在粗脂肪、MUFA上循环水养殖模式明显占优势,分别高于开放流水养殖模式组41.732％和16.912％.实验表明,循环水养殖模式优越的水质环境更适合半滑舌鳎的育肥.本实验说明,半滑舌鳎在循环水养殖模式下具有很好的适应性,其生长处于较好的状态,营养品质上也能够得到保证.同时,也说明循环水养殖模式可以极大地发掘半滑舌鳎的养殖潜力,是一种适合半滑舌鳎集约化养殖的具有优势的养殖模式.     

Nitrogen and phosphorous budgets during a farming cycle of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum: An in situ experiment

In the Sacca di Goro lagoon a farming cycle of the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) was simulated seeding young molluscs in an unexploited sandy spot. The experimental area (2100 m²) consisted of three sectors: a control (C), almost devoid of clams (∼ 1600 m^− 2, ∼ 30 ind m^− 2), a low (L) density area (400 m², ∼ 300 ind m^− 2) and a high (H) density zone (∼ 110 m^− 2, ∼ 800 ind m^− 2). Water chemistry, external freshwater nutrient loads, molluscs filtration rates, biomass, elemental composition and nutrient recycling were analysed.Clam filtration rates and light and dark fluxes of nutrients were measured with intact core incubations. Three replicate cores (i.d. 20 cm) were collected from C, L and H in April, one month after the seeding, June, August and October 2003. External loads were calculated multiplying dissolved and particulate nutrients concentration by freshwater flow from the main lagoon tributaries. Direct excretion, filtration activity of clams and particulate matter deposition resulted in significantly higher ammonium (NH₄⁺) and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) effluxes to the water column at L and H. For the entire farming cycle, particulate nitrogen (PN) uptake by clams from the water column was 1.7 (C), 9.1 (L) and 16.3 (H) mol m^− 2, whilst total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) fluxes were − 0.3 (C), 1.6 (L) and 6.9 (H) mol m^− 2. Particulate phosphorus (PP) uptake from the water column was 0.1 (C), 0.6 (L) and 1.0 (H) mol m^− 2, whilst total dissolved phosphorus (TDP) efflux was 0.2 (C), 0.5 (L) and 0.8 (H) mol m^− 2. At the end of the farming cycle, harvested N as mollusc flesh was negligible for C, 0.4 mol m^− 2 for L and 1.8 mol m^− 2 for H. Harvested P as mollusc flesh was negligible for C, 0.02 mol m^− 2 for L and 0.04 mol m^− 2 for H. Farmed areas seem to have a great potential for fast coupling between sedimentation (filter feeder mediated biodeposition) and benthic recycling. At the lagoon level, mollusc farming probably attenuates the export of particulate matter to the open sea. Our results show that a minor fraction of biodeposited N (∼ 6%) and P (∼ 3%) was exported as a commercial product at the end of the farming cycle, whilst a larger fraction was incorporated in the sediments or recycled as dissolved inorganic or organic forms.     

我国水产养殖工程学科发展报告（2007—2008）

报告概述了我国水产养殖工程学科2007-2008年所取得的重大科技成果和研究进展.重点介绍网箱设施工程、工厂化循环水养殖工程和池塘生态化养殖工程这3个领域开展的重大研究项目进展情况和研究结果,提出了该学科发展中存在的主要问题以及今后主要研究方向.     

海链藻对氮磷需求量的研究

本实验初步研究了海链藻对氮磷的需求，研究结果表明：以等摩尔氮的NH4Cl、NaNO，和NFLNO3作为氮源时，选择NH4NO3为氮源可以获得较快的生长率并维持较长时间的指数生长期；氮源浓度的最适范围在0．54-1．08mmol／L之间。而2．16mmol／L以上的高浓度NH4NO3则对海链藻的生长有一定的抑制作用；在不同磷浓度(0．015-0．12mmol／L)的条件下，海链藻保持大致相同的生长速率。     

Water quality affects SDH activity, protein content and RNA:DNA ratios in fish (Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Oreochromis mossambicus) raised in ponds of a sewage-fed fish farm

The spatial and seasonal variability of the respiratory enzyme succinate dehydrogenase and the protein content were examined in different tissues of fish cultured in three ponds along the effluent gradient of a sewage-fed fish farm. Indian major carp Catla catla (150-230 g) and Labeo rohita (60-190 g) cultured in both the middle and last points of the sewage effluent (stocking pond 1) and (stocking pond 4) and Oreochromis mossambicus (50-160 g), a naturally growing fish of the inlet (facultative pond) and the out let of the sewage effluent (stocking pond 4) were procured every month during the period of January-December, 2005 and were subjected to determination of succinate dehydrogenase activity, total protein, DNA and RNA contents from gill, liver and muscle tissue respectively. The SDH activity of all three test fishes (Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Oreochromis mossambicus) was reduced significantly (ANOVA; P < 0.05) when cultured in SP-4 compared to SP-1 in the case of Catla catla and Labeo rohita and in facultative pond in the case of Oreochromis mossambicus.Conspicuous differences in the SDH activity of fish between the last and first stocking pond or the facultative pond were clearly due to the result of the differences in water quality. There was a direct relationship between SDH activity in gill tissue of any of the fish investigated and ammonia-N concentration of water or water pH. This shows that the respiratory activity of these fishes was strongly affected by the ammonia and pH of water. In other words, this suggests that as the distance from the point source increases, there was a substantial improvement of water quality in the ponds located along the sewage effluent gradient. Evidently, there is a progressive pattern of growth, survival and physiological health of fish and abundance of favorable diversity of food organisms with rich biodiversity.     

萱藻丝状体的种质保存技术

采用液体保存法和胶囊化低温保存法对萱藻丝状体进行保存,探讨了液体培养法中温度、光照强度以及胶囊化低温保存法中胶球含水量对萱藻丝状体种质保存的影响。结果显示:(1)在液体保存法中,温度对萱藻丝状体的保存影响较小,当光强为5.4μmol/(m2·s)时,6~18℃均可实现萱藻丝状体的长期保存;(2)光照强度对萱藻丝状体的液体保存影响显著,16.2μmol/(m2·s)及以上的光强不利于种质的保存,5.4μmol/(m2·s)对萱藻丝状体的液体保存最有利;(3)在6~18℃,5.4μmol/(m2·s)条件下保存萱藻丝状体60 d后,萱藻丝状体细胞状态良好且存活率仍在97%以上;(4)胶球含水量过高或过低均会降低萱藻丝状体胶囊化低温保存后的存活率,15%是萱藻丝状体胶球的最适含水量,在该条件下,萱藻丝状体保存1个月后的存活率仍在50%以上。研究证明,在适宜条件下,液体保存法和胶囊化低温保存法均可实现萱藻丝状体的种质保存。     

鳌山湾增殖放流中国明对虾的研究

为优选青岛市沿海中国明对虾的港湾增殖放流点,本实验于2010年6月至9月采用拖网调查,对鳌山湾渔业资源生物背景、放流中国明对虾的资源量和生长特性进行了研究。结果显示:(1)5个航次拖网调查的渔获物组成中与中国明对虾食性类似的口虾蛄捕获量最大,占总捕获量的46.66%,中国明对虾的天敌虎鱼和鲬的捕获量很少,占总捕获量的1.28%。浮游植物生物水平评价等级为Ⅴ级;(2)中国明对虾的资源调查回捕率约为0.10%,偏低,港口码头走访调查回捕率为1.20%,属正常值,但相对偏低;(3)中国明对虾生长速度较快,具有雌雄差异,最大体质量日增长量分别为0.88和0.47 g。生长初期雄虾生长较快,但后期雌虾生长速度更快,且能达到更大的规格,其渐近体质量与体长雌虾为:L∞=200.83 mm、W∞=104.05 g;雄虾为:L∞=172.64 mm、W∞=38.81 g。开捕时雌雄中国明对虾的平均体质量分别为43.25和34.20 g左右,已达到捕捞规格。鳌山湾渔业资源种类组成、浮游植物生物水平等级、放流中国明对虾的资源量、生长特性等重要数据证实鳌山湾适合中国明对虾的放流。     

Studies on the feeding of Tilapia nilotica in floating cages

Five studies on the feeding of Tilapia nilotica in floating cages were conducted. Stocking densities of 100 to 200 fish per m³ were used. Only commercially available ingredients were used in the feed.Results of the studies showed that diets containing fish meal, fine rice bran and copra meal had significantly better feed conversion ratios than diets with ipil-ipil leaf meal. Diets with 25% fish meal and 10% copra meal were found to be efficient and economical for T. nilotica.Chicken grower mash enriched with fish meal did not significantly differ from a diet consisting of 25% fish meal and 75% fine rice bran. Fish given moist pellets had significantly higher production than fish fed with dry pellets.     

配合饲料与蓝圆鲹饲养点带石斑鱼对水体中氮、磷含量的影响

分别以配合饲料与蓝圆鲹饲养点带石斑鱼（Epinephelus coioides）,观察其对养殖水体中氮、磷含量变化的影响。点带石斑鱼摄食后水体中的氨氮（NH3-N）、亚硝酸氮（NO2-N）、总磷（TP）含量随着其摄食后时间的延长呈现先升高后下降的趋势,NH3-N含量在鱼摄食后10-14h内达到高峰,NO2-N、TP含量在鱼摄食后14～18h达到高峰。试验组水体中的NH3N含量、NO2-N含量在排泄高峰期低于对照组（P〈0．01）,1TP含量在排泄高峰期也低于对照组（P〈0．05）。     

Seasonal adjusted diets to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Evaluations of a novel feed based on heat-coagulated fish mince, fed throughout 1 year in sea: Feed utilisation, retention of nutrients and health parameters

The present paper reports the results of a 1 year experiment using Atlantic salmon with a starting weight of 1.7 kg, and final weight of 7.4 to7.8 kg dependent of diet group. The experiment aimed to evaluate a direct production method of feed where landings from fishing vessels are used directly in feed processing. The dietary compositions followed the natural rhythm in lipid level of the catches of herring in the North Sea (Catch group) adjusted to be stable throughout one season only, and compared to a control diet (constant composition throughout the year) and a designed diet (opposite to the natural biorhythm of salmon lipid stores) (diet group Design). Four seasons were defined: spring (March, April, May), summer (June July August), autumn (September, October, November), winter (December, January, February). All diets varied in protein and lipid due to the adjustment according to season. The experiment was run in triplicate sea cages for each diet, using natural light and temperature regimes (21°N). All diet groups showed equal growth throughout each season, except for the Catch group during autumn showing lower SGR-values. SGR values varied significantly also between seasons for all diet groups, ranging from 0.29 during spring to 0.81 during autumn. Feed conversion ratio varied dependent on season and the dietary protein to energy ratio, at all seasons except winter. Quite a large variation between diet groups and seasons were registered in condition factor. Whole body lipid varied between seasons, as a consequence of dietary lipid levels, and increased as fish weight increased. After autumn growth only, whole body protein levels were significantly lower in the Catch group compared to the two other diet groups. Muscle lipid levels did not vary as a consequence of fish size alone, but varied substantially between seasons in both the Catch and Control groups, but not in the Design group. Muscle alpha-tocopherol and fatty acid profile varied due to diet in spring and autumn seasons, but with minor variations due to diet in summer and winter periods. Only minor influences from diet were registered in liver and heart compositions. Haematological parameters and plasma nutrient values ranged within normal values for salmon, and together with close to no mortality throughout the experiment, fish health was concluded to be good in all diet groups at all seasons. However, plasma asparagine aminotransferase (ASAT) values were quite high during summer and autumn, especially in the control group. These results point to the need of optimizing antioxidant composition of diets during the summer and early autumn season. Overall results show the possibility to obtain acceptable production results when feeding Atlantic salmon a diet adjusted to each season, as long as the fish protein to energy (P:E) requirements are met, further that total body lipid stores varied more than muscle lipid concentrations, and that the lipid levels were highly dependent on season, diet composition and fish size.     

Sedimentation from mussel (Perna canaliculus) culture in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand: Impacts on sediment oxygen and nutrient fluxes

Shellfish aquaculture is growing worldwide and previous studies have shown a range of associated environmental impacts. In the Firth of Thames, New Zealand, there are more than 2000 ha of existing and approved farm area with applications pending for approximately another 6000 ha, however, no previous studies have examined the impacts of mussel culture in this region. To determine the impact of a mussel farm (45 ha) in the Firth of Thames we measured sedimentation rates by deploying sediment traps, sediment characteristics by collecting sediment cores and sediment oxygen and nutrient fluxes by deploying benthic chambers in four seasons. Sedimentation under the farm was increased by 106 g m^− 2 d^− 1 compared to the reference site. Similarly sediments under the farm had elevated organic carbon, nitrogen, chlorophyll a and phaeopigment concentrations indicative of the additional organic input due to bivalve biodeposition. Oxygen consumption was higher under the farm compared to a reference site (1.1-2.1×) but this increase was only significant (p < 0.001) in summer when rates reached 3083 μmol m^− 2 h^− 1 under the farm. Ammonia release rates ranged from 80 to 319 μmol m^− 2 h^− 1 and were higher under the farm compared to the reference site in spring (1.8×, non-significant p = 0.588) and autumn (3×, significant p = 0.006) but in summer release rates at the reference site (275 μmol m^− 2 h^− 1) were 1.4× higher than those under the farm. Nitrate fluxes (3.1 to 21.8 μmol m^− 2 h^− 1) were significantly (p = 0.001) higher at the farm site. Oxygen and nutrient fluxes generally demonstrated the typical response to increased organic input due to sedimentation from mussel culture. Unusually low nitrogen release rates in summer may indicate enhanced denitrification under the farm. Benthic regeneration at the reference site could supply 74% of nitrogen required by pelagic primary producers whereas under the farm it could account for 94%. This demonstrates the importance of benthic nutrient regeneration in this region and that mussel culture can lead to a redistribution of nutrients. The farm we studied is small and located in a high-energy environment and impacts from larger farms or in areas where biodeposit dispersal is limited are likely to be even more significant and we suggest that site-specific hydrodynamic and biogeochemical conditions have to be taken into account when planning new mussel farms to prevent excessive modifications of nutrient dynamics.