A recirculating system for small-scale experimental work on juvenile lobsters (Homarus americanus) |
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| Authors: | AD Boghen JD Castell |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biology, University of Moncton, Moncton, N.B. E1A 3E9 Canada;2. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Halifax Laboratory, P.O. Box 550, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Abstract: | A refrigerated closed system unit for performing small-scale experimental studies on juvenile lobsters (Homarus americanus) is described. Water is recirculated through a series of filters to juvenile lobsters housed in trays and separated from each other by movable dividers. Tests showed that there was minimal fluctuation in water quality and that lobster development and survival were more a function of nutritional variation than of changes in physical parameters. The system is compact, inexpensive and well suited to small-scale research with aquatic animal culture. |
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