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

Perumal Santhanam

doi:10.21077/

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

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Perumal Santhanam Assistant Professor Department of Marine Science School of Marine Sciences Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli-620 024. Tamil Nadu.

https://doi.org/10.21077/

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.

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Perumal Santhanam, Assistant Professor Department of Marine Science School of Marine Sciences Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli-620 024. Tamil Nadu.

Department of Marine Science

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Submitted

2011-08-29

Published

2012-06-20

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Vol. 59 No. 2 (2012)

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How to Cite

Santhanam, P. (2012). 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. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 59(2), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.21077/