Live feeds in Mariculture

Kizhakudan, Joe K and Xavier, Biji and Ranjan, Ritesh and Megarajan, Sekhar and Loka, Jayasree (2024) Live feeds in Mariculture. In: Training manual on Marine Microalgae culture Techniques. CMFRI Training Manual Series No.46/2024 . ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam, pp. 1-7.

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Abstract

Live food organisms include all plants (phytoplankton) and animal (zooplankton) lives grazed upon by economically important fishes. Phytoplanktons are generally eaten by zooplankton. Thus, phytoplankton forms the basis of the food chain. Live foods are able to swim in water column and are constantly available to fish and shellfish larvae are likely to stimulate larval feeding response (David, 2003). In an aquatic ecosystem, these live food organisms constitute the most valuable resource for aquaculture. Most of the fish and shellfish larvae in nature feed on small phytoplanktonic and zooplanktonic organisms. However, natural fish food organisms are usually not abundant in clear pond water, but are abundant in ponds having greenish water. The green color indicates the presence of phytoplankton and other natural food organisms. In the natural food web, zooplankton constitutes a major part of the diet for marine fish larvae and it is generally believed that copepods can meet the nutritional requirements of fish larvae (Evjemo et al., 2003).

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Live feeds
Subjects:	Aquaculture > Mariculture Aquaculture > Live Feed Culture
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division CMFRI-Visakhapatnam
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2024 12:10
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2024 12:11
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/19113

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