The effect of taurine supplementation to a microencapsulated diet at 0 % (T-0 %), 1 % (T-1 %) and 2 % (T-2 %) level on growth performance and taurine content of Nibea albiflora larvae was evaluated. The microencapsulated diet was prepared using wet granulation and fluidized bed coating process. Scanning electron microscopy microphotography of the microencapsulated diet showed the appearance with a dense film around the core. More than 50 % of diet particles were between 250 and 590 μm. A 30-day feeding experiment was conducted with larvae at 15 days after hatching (DAH), in which larvae were weaned at 20 DAH from copepods to the experimental diets or fed copepods throughout the experimental period. The survival and total length of larvae were significantly higher in T-1 % group compared with T-0 % group (P < 0.05). The survival, total length and wet weight of larvae were significantly higher in T-2 % group compared with T-0 % group (P < 0.05). Fish larvae fed copepods had the best growth performance in survival, total length and wet weight, which were significantly higher than those in other treatments (P < 0.05). The taurine content of larvae fed with supplemental taurine (T-2 %, T-1 %) was significantly higher than that of larvae fed without supplemental taurine (T-0 %) (P < 0.05). These results confirmed that taurine is an essential nutrient for N. albiflora larvae. 相似文献
To investigate the effects of family, stocking density, and their interaction on mortality, growth rate, and size dispersal in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius, 1,440 juveniles from six full‐sib families were exposed to three stocking densities, that is, low stocking density (LD), middle stocking density (MD), and high stocking density (HD), and reared for 10 months in sea‐based suspended cages. The results demonstrated significant family effects on cumulative mortality rate (CMR); specific growth rate for test diameter (SGR for TD); specific growth rate for body weight (SGR for BW); coefficient of variation for body weight at the 10th month (CV for BW10); and significant stocking density effects on SGR for TD, SGR for BW, and CV for BW10. Statistically significant family by stocking density interaction was only found in SGR for TD. A certain degree of family‐ranking inversions occurred in SGR for TD. The present study provides evidence for the existence of family by stocking density interaction on the growth rate of test diameter in the family selection for S. intermedius. More attention should be paid to this interaction effect to select correct parents in S. intermedius. 相似文献
This study evaluated the effects of larval cryopreservation on redox status of post-thaw trochophore larvae and on gene expression in post-thaw trochophore larvae, D-larvae, umbo larvae, eyed larvae and spat, with the aim to understand the effects of cryodamage in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. The results showed that total antioxidant capacity was significantly higher in the cryopreserved larvae than in the control group (P?<?0.05), with no significant difference in the production of reactive oxygen species between these two groups (P?>?0.05). The expressions of FADD, Bax1, Baxlike, Bcl2, CASP7 and CAT were significantly downregulated in post-thaw trochophore larvae, whereas the expression of the SOD gene was significantly upregulated. However, the expressions of all of these genes did not significantly differ at later developmental stages. In the cryopreserved group, the expressions of GPX and ATG6 were downregulated in trochophore larvae and upregulated in D-larvae, while there were no signficant changes in the expressions of BI-1, Caspase 3 and ATG8 at all developmental stages investigated. Taken together, these results suggest that the larval cryopreservation technique developed for the Pacific oyster may compromise the survival of post-thaw trochophore larvae by modifying the redox status and gene expression patterns, but that they have limited effects, if any effect at all, after the umbo stage, indicating that the umbo stage should be used for assessing post-thaw larval performance in this species.