Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)

In a time of unprecedented coral reef decline, improved aquaculture protocols and high-quality live feeds may contribute to the sustainability of the ornamentals industry producing new valuable and stronger specimens bred under controlled conditions, mitigating the pressure on wild natural stocks. I...

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Main Authors: Andrea Martino, Daniel Montero, Javier Roo, Pedro Castro, Silvia Lavorano, Francisco Otero-Ferrer
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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description In a time of unprecedented coral reef decline, improved aquaculture protocols and high-quality live feeds may contribute to the sustainability of the ornamentals industry producing new valuable and stronger specimens bred under controlled conditions, mitigating the pressure on wild natural stocks. In the present study, the effect of microalgae enriched live feed diets (15 ind. mL−1), the copepod Acartia tonsa and the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis, were tested on early larvae stages (0–15 days post hatch) of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani. Enriched A. tonsa significantly improved P. fridmani larval growth, survival, biochemical composition, as well as the morphological development of liver, intestine and skeletal system, compared to rotifers treatment. The results obtained showed that is feasible to totally replace the enriched rotifer B. plicatilis with the enriched copepod A. tonsa during first larval feeding of orchid dottybacks, resulting in a more robust larvae with better culture performance. Indeed, feeding larvae with enriched A. tonsa avoid the different negative effects when used enriched rotifers diets, which led to liver steatosis and nuclear pyknosis, delays in intestine and skeletal development, altered proximate composition and FA content. This study provided valuable information about rearing and breeding under controlled conditions of P. fridmani, contributing to its mass scale production and to the implementation of new hatchery protocols employing high quality live feeds.
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spelling doaj-art-55ec227e002d4a64af3dd8cb0c412e332025-08-20T02:38:29ZengElsevierAquaculture Reports2352-51342024-12-013910243710.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102437Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)Andrea Martino0Daniel Montero1Javier Roo2Pedro Castro3Silvia Lavorano4Francisco Otero-Ferrer5Aquarium of Genoa, Tropical Department, Costa Edutainment S.p.A., Area Porto Antico, Ponte Spinola, Genoa 16128, Italy; Aquaculture Research Group (IU-ECOAQUA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Carretera de Taliarte, S/n, Telde, Las Palmas, Canary Islands 35200, Spain; Corresponding author at: Aquarium of Genoa, Tropical Department, Costa Edutainment S.p.A., Area Porto Antico, Ponte Spinola, Genoa 16128, Italy.Aquaculture Research Group (IU-ECOAQUA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Carretera de Taliarte, S/n, Telde, Las Palmas, Canary Islands 35200, SpainAquaculture Research Group (IU-ECOAQUA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Carretera de Taliarte, S/n, Telde, Las Palmas, Canary Islands 35200, SpainAquaculture Research Group (IU-ECOAQUA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Carretera de Taliarte, S/n, Telde, Las Palmas, Canary Islands 35200, SpainAquarium of Genoa, Tropical Department, Costa Edutainment S.p.A., Area Porto Antico, Ponte Spinola, Genoa 16128, ItalyBIOCON, IU-ECOAQUA, Scientific and Technological Marine Park, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Crta. s/n Taliarte, Telde, Las Palmas, Canary Islands 35200, SpainIn a time of unprecedented coral reef decline, improved aquaculture protocols and high-quality live feeds may contribute to the sustainability of the ornamentals industry producing new valuable and stronger specimens bred under controlled conditions, mitigating the pressure on wild natural stocks. In the present study, the effect of microalgae enriched live feed diets (15 ind. mL−1), the copepod Acartia tonsa and the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis, were tested on early larvae stages (0–15 days post hatch) of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani. Enriched A. tonsa significantly improved P. fridmani larval growth, survival, biochemical composition, as well as the morphological development of liver, intestine and skeletal system, compared to rotifers treatment. The results obtained showed that is feasible to totally replace the enriched rotifer B. plicatilis with the enriched copepod A. tonsa during first larval feeding of orchid dottybacks, resulting in a more robust larvae with better culture performance. Indeed, feeding larvae with enriched A. tonsa avoid the different negative effects when used enriched rotifers diets, which led to liver steatosis and nuclear pyknosis, delays in intestine and skeletal development, altered proximate composition and FA content. This study provided valuable information about rearing and breeding under controlled conditions of P. fridmani, contributing to its mass scale production and to the implementation of new hatchery protocols employing high quality live feeds.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513424005258Marine ornamentalsLive feedLarvicultureSkeletal mineralizationLC-PUFAs
spellingShingle Andrea Martino
Daniel Montero
Javier Roo
Pedro Castro
Silvia Lavorano
Francisco Otero-Ferrer
Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)
Aquaculture Reports
Marine ornamentals
Live feed
Larviculture
Skeletal mineralization
LC-PUFAs
title Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)
title_full Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)
title_fullStr Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)
title_full_unstemmed Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)
title_short Enriched calanoid copepods Acartia tonsa (Dana, 1849) enhances growth, survival, biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback Pseudochromis fridmani (Klausewitz, 1968)
title_sort enriched calanoid copepods acartia tonsa dana 1849 enhances growth survival biochemical composition and morphological development during larval first feeding of the orchid dottyback pseudochromis fridmani klausewitz 1968
topic Marine ornamentals
Live feed
Larviculture
Skeletal mineralization
LC-PUFAs
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513424005258
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