Volume 53
Culture of the Copepod Acartia tonsa Utilizing Various Artificial Feeds
Authors
Ogle, J.T.; Nicholson, L.C.; Lotz, J.M. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: 2002
Pages: 234-240
Event: Proceedings of the Fifty Third Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Fort Pierce, Florida
Country: USA
Abstract
In the interest of increasing zooplankton yields from culture tanks several supplemental feeds were evaluated. Triplicated trials utilizing small 1,000 L tanks with no water exchange were sampled weekly during four weeks for copepod abundance. Abundance of Acartia tonsanauplii decreased for the unfed control and tanks fed algae, bacteria, and Isomil®. Nauplii numbers increased in tanks fed artificial plankton, rice bran and Rotirich®.