USE OF ARTIFICIAL COLLECTORS TO OBTAIN OYSTER SEEDS IN BABITONGA BAY, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

USE OF ARTIFICIAL COLLECTORS TO OBTAIN OYSTER SEEDS IN BABITONGA BAY, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

The aim of this study was to evaluate oyster seed settlement pattern in artificial collectors affixed along Babitonga Bay (26°28’S í  48°50’W), Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Artificial collectors were installed in the upper tidal range (supralittoral), in the line of intermediate vari...

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Main Authors: Cláudio Rudolfo TURECK, Claudio Manoel Rodrigues MELO, Carlos Henrique Araujo de Miranda GOMES, Cristiano LAZOSKI, Adriano Weidner Cacciatori MARENZI, João Paulo Ramos FERREIRA, Jaime Fernando FERREIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesca 2020-05-01
Series:Boletim do Instituto de Pesca
Subjects:
mangrove oyster
native oyster
Crassostrea talonata
recruitment
cultivation
ostreiculture
Online Access:https://institutodepesca.org/index.php/bip/article/view/1537
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Summary:The aim of this study was to evaluate oyster seed settlement pattern in artificial collectors affixed along Babitonga Bay (26°28’S í  48°50’W), Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Artificial collectors were installed in the upper tidal range (supralittoral), in the line of intermediate variation of the tide (mesolittoral), and below the limit region of the low tide (infralittoral). A total of 7,579 seeds were obtained over a year, presenting clear variations of quantities and species according to the seasons, depths and collection sites. Among the total number of seeds collected, 284 were submitted to molecular analyses for species identification, among which 5.63% belonged to Crassostrea gasar, 16.9% to C. rhizophorae, 0.35% to C. gigas, 24.29% of Ostrea sp. and 52.81% to C. talonata. Species identification through morphological analysis is difficult because of the inherent polymorphism of shells. Results demonstrate that artificial collectors present a higher performance for the settlement of oyster species inappropriate for farm cultivation (C. talonata and Ostrea sp.). Moreover, C. talonata is an exotic species from Indo-Pacific seas recently confirmed along Brazilian coasts, and it already possesses a high recruitment rate in the estuarine region. This raises environmental and commercial concerns about the maintenance of the natural oyster population in Babitonga Bay.
ISSN:1678-2305

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