TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental culture of the river prawn Macrobrachium americanum larvae (Bate, 1868), with emphasis on feeding and stocking density effect on survival
AU - Yamasaki-Granados, Stig
AU - García-Guerrero, Marcelo
AU - Vega-Villasante, Fernando
AU - Castellanos-León, Francisco
AU - Cavalli, Ronaldo O.
AU - Cortés-Jacinto, Edilmar
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum occurs along the Pacific coast of America. This prawn can grow to a large size, making it an interesting option for aquaculture production. Currently, supplies of juveniles are limited because hatchery and laboratory-reared larvae are difficult to raise. This study assesses larval survival for different combinations of stocking density and feeding from larvae cultivated in green water. From these combinations, larvae fed with Artemia nauplii and maintained at a density of 50 larvae L-1 had the highest survival.
AB - The cauque river prawn Macrobrachium americanum occurs along the Pacific coast of America. This prawn can grow to a large size, making it an interesting option for aquaculture production. Currently, supplies of juveniles are limited because hatchery and laboratory-reared larvae are difficult to raise. This study assesses larval survival for different combinations of stocking density and feeding from larvae cultivated in green water. From these combinations, larvae fed with Artemia nauplii and maintained at a density of 50 larvae L-1 had the highest survival.
KW - Feeding
KW - Larval development
KW - Macrobrachium americanum
KW - Prawn
KW - Survival
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U2 - 10.3856/vol41-issue4-fulltext-16
DO - 10.3856/vol41-issue4-fulltext-16
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0718-560X
VL - 41
SP - 793
EP - 800
JO - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
JF - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
IS - 4
ER -