Growth and Survival of Blackslip Pearl Oyster Larvae Fed Different Densities of Microalgae |
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Authors: | Mehdi S. Doroudi Paul C. Southgate Robert J. Mayer |
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Affiliation: | (1) Aquaculture Department, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia;(2) Department of Primary Industries, Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper reports on an experiment to determine growth and survival of blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera (L.), larvae fed a 1:1 mixture of Isochrysis aff. galbana clone T-ISO and Pavlova salina at six different densities (1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 30 × 103 cells ml-1. Larval growth and survival were assessed every four days over a 20–day period. Exponential and logistic regression models were fitted to the growth and survival responses, respectively. Overall growth of larvae fed 5 × 103 cells ml-1 was significantly greater (p > 0.01) than growth of larvae reared at other algal densities. The optimal food ration for maximum larval growth was 20 × 103 cells ml-1, which resulted in larvae with antero-posterior shell length of 230 m after 20 days. These larvae were significantly larger (p > 0.05) than those in all other treatments at the end of the experiment. Survival of larvae fed 0, 1 and 2 × 103 cells ml-1 was significantly lower than that of larvae in all other treatments at the end of 15 days (p > 0.01). Maximal survival (8%) over the 20 day period was shown by larvae fed 10 × 103 cells ml-1, while lower survival was shown by larvae fed 2 × 103 cells ml-1 (2%) and 1 × 103 cells ml-1 (0%). |
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Keywords: | feeding growth larvae micro-algae pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera L.) survival |
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