Effects of microalgal diets on larval growth and survival of Paphia malabarica chemnitz

Gireesh, R and Gopinathan, C P (2008) Effects of microalgal diets on larval growth and survival of Paphia malabarica chemnitz. Aquaculture Research, 39. pp. 552-556.

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Abstract

The effects of food availability on the larval growth and survival of Paphia malabarica were studied in two experiments by feeding the larvae with six algal diets. Newly hatched larvae of P. malabarica were fed with six different marine microalgae species, singly and in a combination of two species. The best growth was with Isochrysis galbana and Nannochloropsis salina as a single species of diet. The nutritional value of single-species diets was in the order of N. salina, I. galbana, Dicrateria inornata, Chaetoceros calcitrans,Tetraselmis gracilis and Dunaliella salina. Of the mixtures tested, 50% I. galbana/50% N. salina supported growth and metamorphosis equivalent to those of the I. galbana control.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Microalgal diets; larval growth; survival; Paphia malabarica chemnitz
Subjects:	Molluscan Fisheries > Clam Eggs and Larvae Algae
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Physiology and Nutrition Pathology Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Physiology and Nutrition Pathology CMFRI-Kochi > Physiology and Nutrition Pathology Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Physiology and Nutrition Pathology
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2010 12:34
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2015 15:35
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/5910

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