Rotifer culture techniques for marine finfish larval rearing

Megarajan, Sekhar and Chinnibabu, B and Sadhu, Narasimhulu (2023) Rotifer culture techniques for marine finfish larval rearing. In: Training Manual on Livefeed culture techniques for Mariculture applications. CMFRI Training Manual Series No.36/2023 . ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam, pp. 48-55.

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Abstract

Rotifers are considered as valuable live food for fish and crustacean larvae because of the small size of the rotifer. Several important characteristics of rotifers have contributed to their usefulness as good prey for active larvae of marine fish Marine rotifers Brachionus spp. are most commonly used for intensive culture of marine finfish larvae in many hatcheries throughout the world.

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