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采用PCR技术对来自山东荣成、长岛、俄罗斯和日本的刺参(Apostichopus japonicus),来自澳大利亚的黄乳海参(Holothuria fuscogilva),来自冰岛的北大西洋瓜参(Cucumaria frondosa)和来自福建的二色桌片参(Mensamaria interce-dens)的16SrRNA和COI基因片段进行了扩增和测序,分别得到了长度约为500bp和540bp的片段。通过统计变异位点、平均核苷酸差异数和核苷酸多样性指数进行基因序列变异分析。结果表明,根据16SrRNA、COI基因片段进行刺参种内差异比较时,长岛和荣成刺参序列差异最小,和日本刺参序列差异最大;刺参和其他科3种海参种间的序列差异远远高于刺参种内差异。从GenBank中选取7条海参序列与本研究所测序列一同构建了NJ和ME系统树。根据2种基因片段的系统学分析均表明,刺参属和拟刺参属亲缘关系很近,可能有共同的起源。而海参科未与同属于楯手目(Aspidochirolida)的刺参科聚类,而与枝手目瓜参科和沙子鸡科聚为一支,与形态学的分类不一致。 相似文献
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运用PCR扩增10种海参的16SrDNA部分序列,并测序.获得大小为566bp的序列,利用DNAsp4.0软件分析比较10种海参的碱基组成、各碱基变异位点数、插入或缺失位点数,并采用MEGA4.0软件分析彼此间的遗传距离.结果发现,10种海参富含AT碱基,A T的含量平均为57.0%,不同种海参间发生碱基转换、颠换及发生插入或缺失变异的位点数差异很大,10种海参彼此间的遗传距离在0.007～0.316之间.所得结果与GenBank中10种海参的相应序列进行比对分析,同时用MEGA4.0和PAUP4.0软件构建进化树,分析其亲缘关系.结果表明,利用16SrDNA序列的差异可以将分属于海参科(Holothuriidae)与刺参科(Stichopodidae)的海参完全分开,瓜参科(Cucumariidae)的2个种与刺参科的亲缘关系较近.对不同海参种间亲缘关系的分析结果还表明,同属于剌参科的仿刺参(Apostichopus japonicus)与加州拟刺参(Parastichopus californicus)和具疣拟刺参(Parastichopus parvimensis)亲缘关系最近,同属于海参科的格皮氏海参(Pearsonothuria graeffei)与白尼参属的蛇目白尼参(Bohadschia argus)和图纹白尼参(B.marmorata)亲缘关系最近,而同样为海参科的墨西哥海参(Holothuria mexicana)则与红腹海参(Hothuria edulis)关系最近.这些资料为海参的种质资源管理、新种引进和种质改良提供了基础的分子生物学依据. 相似文献
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应用分子系统发育学的方法, 以浙江沿海一海地瓜的18S rDNA和COI片段序列为分子标记,自行设计引物,进行了克隆, 结合来自GenBank 中10种海参的18S rDNA和COI 同源序列, 用邻接法和最大简约法构建系统进化树,并结合形态学特征对它们的分类地位进行了探讨.初步分析结果,基于此海地瓜的各形态学的研究,可以认为它属于海参纲芋参目;鉴于18S rDNA基因的分析,此海地瓜与拟刺参遗传距离为0.017亲缘关系非常近,可以认为它属于海参纲;从COI基因的角度分析,它虽然与怀玉参在系统树上聚成一枝,但支持率很低;仅为49%,遗传距离比较大,为0.223,不足以作为分析的依据. 相似文献
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从自然海区捕获的三疣梭子蟹(Portunus trituberculatus)上检测到一种寄生性原生动物,主要寄生于蟹血淋巴液中。通过普通光学显微镜检发现,病蟹的血淋巴细胞急剧减少,代之以大量的原生动物,此原生动物可以被中性红染液着色。运用PCR技术对该原生动物进行了18S rDNA基因和ITS1-5.8S rDNA-ITS2基因序列扩增,同时对扩增片段进行了序列测定,应用软件MEGA 3.1和DNAStar对测序结果进行了同源性比较和系统发育树构建。18S rDNA同源性比较结果显示:获得的18S rDNA序列与动基体目(Kinetoplastida)新波豆科(Neobodonidae)新波豆属(Neobodo)的同源性最高,达88.3%;获得的18S rDNA序列和GenBank中已登录新波豆属的其它原虫的18S rDNA序列在系统发育树中位于同一集群,初步确定该原生动物为新波豆虫(Neobodo sp.),是原生动物门(Protozoa)鞭毛虫纲(Flagellata)动基体目新波豆虫科新波豆属的一员。 相似文献
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长臂虾亚科9个种系统发育关系的16S rDNA序列分析 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
分析了日本沼虾(Macrobrachium nipponense)线粒体基因16S rDNA部分序列,并将其与GenBank中的相关4属8个种的16S rDNA序列进行了同源性比对,探讨其系统发育关系。结果显示,在分析的442个比对位点中,变异位点188个,简约信息位点125个,碱基转换与颠换值比为1.134。以鼓虾(Alpheus cylindricus)为外群,分别用MP法、NJ法及ML法构建的长臂虾亚科4属的系统发育关系分支图显示:白虾属(Exopalaemon)首先与长臂虾属(Palaemon)以及小长臂虾属(Palaemonetes)聚在一起,然后与沼虾属(Macrobrachium)聚为一支;长臂虾属和小长臂虾属出现4个种混合相聚的现象;属间结点置信值以及聚集情况稳定。 相似文献
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基于线粒体 Cyt b 和 ITS1 部分序列分析鲭科鱼类分子系统进化关系 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
鲭科(Scombridae)由15属51种表层洄游性海洋鱼类组成,广泛分布于热带和亚热带海域,是重要的经济鱼类。目前关于鲭科鱼类系统发生学的研究主要基于形态学特征。为了从分子水平上阐明鲭科鱼类的分类与系统进化关系,本研究扩增了鲭科7种鱼类的线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)基因1个含311个碱基的序列区和转录间隔区1(ITS1)的1个含644～692个碱基的序列区。采用多个生物软件对序列碱基组成进行分析,计算了Kimura-2parameter遗传距离、转换/颠换比等遗传信息指数。Cyt b和ITS1序列4种碱基平均含量分别是:A为22.8%、G为16.4%、C为31.2%、T为29.5%和A为13.5%、G为31.3%、C为38.7%、T为16.5%。基于Cyt b计算的鲭科鱼类种间遗传距离为0.0065～0.3335,平均遗传距离为0.1689;基于ITS1计算的金枪鱼族鱼类种间遗传距离为0.0032～0.2668,平均遗传距离为0.2025。Cyt b和ITS1序列的转换/颠换比分别为1.8和0.9。以竹荚鱼(Trachurus trachurus)和花鲈(Lateolabrax japonicus)为外群,并结合GenBank上鲭科24种鱼类的同源序列,构建NJ、ML和ME系统树。研究结果确认了金枪鱼属处于系统进化树的顶端,代表着最新演化的种类,是鲭科中最繁盛的一属,也是目前系统发育的高峰。所有分子系统树都表明鲣属、鲔属和舵鲣属显示与金枪鱼属很近的亲缘关系,它们均归入金枪鱼族。然而,研究结果与形态学上将金枪鱼属分为2个亚属的分类结果存在分歧。同时,本研究关于狐鲣属、平鲣属、刺鲅属和双线鲅属进化地位上的结果也不同于形态学的结果。故鲭科鱼类客观、科学的分类地位还需通过形态学、生态学和分子生物学的深入研究加以确认。 相似文献
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基于细胞色素b基因序列的鲌亚科鱼类系统发育研究 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
采用特异性引物PCR扩增获得了鲌亚科7属10种鱼类细胞色素b基因的全长序列,初步构建了鲌亚科鱼类的系统发育关系。NJ树和MP树一致表明,鲌亚科鱼类种内所有个体均单独聚群,支持率高;同一属内,除蒙古鲌(Culter mogolicus mongolicus)未能与同属的翘嘴鲌(Culter alburnus)、青梢鲌(Culter dabryi dabryi)单独聚为一支外,团头鲂(Megalobrama amblycephala)与三角鲂(Megalobrama terminal)、翘嘴鲌与青梢鲌均为姐妹种。NJ、MP树显示鲌亚科鱼类属间关系的支持率都较低,鲂属(Megalobrama)与鳊属(Parabramis)间、鲌属(Culter)与原鲌属(Cultrichthys)间、细鳊属(Rasborinus)与半属(Hemiculterella)、属(Hemiculter)间有较近的亲缘关系,在系统演化关系上,细鳊属、半属、依氏鱼属(Ishikauia)较为原始,鲌属与原鲌属、鲂属与鳊属互为姐妹群,为较特化群。 相似文献
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对鲱科9种鱼类的线粒体细胞色素b(cytb)基因序列进行综合分析。结果表明:(1)用Ne ighbour-Join ing(NJ)法构建的分子系统树显示盖纹沙丁鱼属的3种鱼类形成一个单系类群,鲱属2种鱼类形成一个单系类群,它们的bootstrap支持率均为100%。金色小沙丁鱼和短体小沙丁鱼形成一个单系类群,在NJ树中的支持率达到或超过50%。欧洲黍鲱与太平洋鲱和大西洋鲱是单系起源,其bootstrap支持率高达100%。系统发育结果还支持沙丁鱼属鱼类与盖纹沙丁鱼属鱼类是单系类群,支持率分别为87%和95%。但单系类群I(包括大西洋鲱、太平洋鲱、欧洲黍鲱)和单系类群Ⅱ(包括欧洲沙丁鱼、加州沙丁鱼、南美拟沙丁鱼、斑点盖纹沙丁鱼)之间的系统发育关系尚不明确,因为它们之间的支持率很低。(2)dN/dS的比值显著的小于1(Z-test),提示由于功能限制,cytb基因受到强烈的负选择作用。(3)基于Tajim a的1D和2D相对速率测试表明,分子钟假说在鲱科鱼类中是成立的;鲱科鱼类的分歧时间是0.12至13.45百万年间。 相似文献
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为了解莆田南日岛泥东风螺(Babylonia lutosa)种质情况,采集泥东风螺养殖群体,对其样本的壳高(H)、壳宽(B)、体重(W)数量性状进行测量、推导关系式,以线粒体16S rRNA与COI、核18S rRNA与18S-28S rRNA基因为靶序列进行扩增和测序,结合同源序列与同属的其他7种东风螺或蛾螺总科(Buccinoidea)相关序列比对计算,以蝾螺属(Turbo)中华蝾螺(T.chinensis)作外群构建系统发育树,并提取样本个体的酯酶(EST)、苹果酸酶(ME)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)、苹果酸脱氢酶(MDH)和异柠檬酸脱氢酶(IDH)进行同工酶多态性分析。结果表明,南日岛泥东风螺(B.lutosa)个体之间壳面斑块不规则、螺壳形态差异不明显;系统发育树显示在东风螺属内泥东风螺和台湾东风螺(B.formosae)优先聚支、亲缘关系最近;个体间EST、SOD和IDH电泳观察到酶位点表达多态性,ME、LDH和MDH检测未发现酶带数多态性,仅存在酶活性表达差异。 相似文献
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在调查新疆乌鲁木齐市观赏鱼感染寄生虫种类期间,从图丽鱼(Astronotus ocellatus)鳃部采集到一种单殖吸虫,经过形态学比较具有鉴定依据的背腹中央大钩、联接片、交接器等结构后,鉴定为锚首虫亚科(Ancyrocephalinae)的破坏古氏虫(Gussevia asota)。首次测定了破坏古氏虫28S rDNA基因序列(GenBank登录号:MG596661),系统发育分析表明,该虫与鲻鱼虫属(Ligophorus)、嗜丽鱼虫属(Cichlidogyrus)的亲缘关系较近,聚为稳定的独立分支。 相似文献
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慢性氨氮胁迫对刺参摄食与消化酶活性的影响 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
以刺参(Apostichopus japonicas Selenka)为研究对象,探讨氨氮胁迫浓度为0 mg/L、2 mg/L、4 mg/L、6 mg/L、8 mg/L、10 mg/L时14 d内刺参摄食情况与消化道内3种不同消化酶活性变化。刺参规格分别为小[S,体重(15.13±0.02)g]、中[M,体重(28.42±0.32)g]、大[L,体重(60.14±0.88)g]。结果显示:(1)随着氨氮浓度的升高,实验刺参存活与生长逐渐与对照组出现显著差异。当氨氮浓度高于2 mg/L时,刺参末体重与特定生长率随氨氮浓度升高有显著下降趋势;当氨氮浓度为8~10 mg/L时,3种不同规格刺参均出现了吐肠、化皮,直至死亡,氨氮浓度为10 mg/L时中规格刺参存活率最低,为81.3%。(2)当氨氮浓度低于10 mg/L时,氨氮胁迫对3种规格刺参摄食率(FR)影响差异不显著,而全部实验组的食物转化率(FCE)均显著低于对照(P0.05)。(3)氨氮胁迫对3种不同规格刺参消化酶活性的影响存在差异。随氨氮浓度升高,蛋白酶活性呈降低趋势,氨氮浓度8 mg/L和10 mg/L时全部实验组刺参蛋白酶活性显著低于对照(P0.05);脂肪酶和淀粉酶活性随氨氮浓度升高呈先升后降趋势,在2 mg/L时出现峰值;当氨氮浓度为6 mg/L时,小规格刺参的消化道淀粉酶活性降低到0.30 U/mg(prot),与对照出现显著差异(P0.05);当氨氮浓度从6 mg/L到8 mg/L时,3种规格刺参脂肪酶活性发生急剧变化,显著低于对照(P0.05),中规格刺参在同一氨氮浓度胁迫下的消化酶活性变化显著高于其他规格。研究表明,氨氮胁迫会对刺参摄食、消化与生长产生不利影响,在氨氮浓度4 mg/L以下刺参消化酶活性短期可被显著诱导上调,高氨氮浓度对消化酶活性起抑制效应并可导致生理紊乱,此响应存在体重规格上的差异。 相似文献
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在室内条件下进行了玉足海参与凡纳滨对虾的混养实验,分析了单养与混养两种条件下养殖水体营养盐结构以及底质成分的变化,测定了对虾与海参的存活率与生长性能。结果显示,混养海参可以明显改变养殖系统的营养盐结构,可使水体中的磷酸盐和硝酸盐浓度有所升高,同时也可有效地控制系统中氨氮浓度。混养海参也可以大幅度地降低沉积物中有机质和硫化物含量,实验结束时混养组硫化物含量为(7.71±1.33)mg/kg,仅相当于单养组浓度的1/3。混养海参对对虾生长及存活具有明显的促进作用,其中混养组对虾体长特异增长率为(0.69±0.13)%/d,显著优于单养组(0.45±0.06)%/d;混养组对虾成活率可达72.5%±22.9%,显著高于对照组55.0%±17.5%。在混养系统内,对虾不会对海参的生存造成负面影响,海参能够有效地选择摄食和利用沉积物中的营养物质(对食物中有机质的同化率可达36.36%±13.79%),并以较快的速度生长。结果表明,在对虾养殖系统中混养玉足海参具有明显的环境与经济效益。本研究可为我国海水养殖业的可持续发展提供一定的科学依据。 相似文献
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Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (δ13C/δ15N) were assessed as a means to ascertain the recent in situ feeding history of the common New Zealand sea cucumber Australostichopus mollis in relation to nutrient enrichment from a longline green‐lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) farm in Northern New Zealand. δ13C and δ15N isotopic signatures and the ratios of sea cucumbers sampled from within the impact footprint of the mussel farm were compared with those of sea cucumbers residing on adjacent natural reefs. Sea cucumbers from beneath mussel farming longlines had significantly different δ13C stable isotope signatures in comparison with sea cucumbers collected from neighbouring natural reef habitats. This difference supports the hypothesis that sea cucumbers in the same bay maintain distinctly different feeding histories, with those residing beneath mussel farming longlines deriving tissue carbon from sediment impacted by farming activities. This hypothesis is further supported by the finding that the isotope signature of sediment collected from beneath the mussel farm is consistent with the expectation that sea cucumbers were feeding on and consuming sediment enriched with bivalve waste (faeces and pseudo‐faeces). In contrast, the nitrogen stable isotope signature (δ15N) was found to be similar between sites for both sea cucumbers and assumed food sources. Both findings lend support to the viability of future sea cucumber/green‐lipped mussel farm polyculture systems. Sea cucumbers in different locations (mussel farm, natural reef) possessed distinctly different isotope signatures, suggesting that mixing of sea ranched sea cucumbers with natural reef populations would be negligible or non‐existent. Similarities between the isotope signatures in low metabolic tissue of sea cucumbers residing at the mussel farm site to that of mussel farm‐impacted sediment suggest that cucumbers beneath mussel farms appear to have high rates of retention at the farm site. 相似文献
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饲料中花生四烯酸含量对刺参生长性能、抗氧化能力及脂肪酸代谢的影响 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
为探究饲料中添加花生四烯酸(arachidonic acid,ARA)对刺参(Apostichopus japonicus)生长性能、抗氧化能力及脂肪酸代谢的影响,选用初始体重为(10.78±0.06)g的刺参为研究对象,以鱼粉和发酵豆粕为主要蛋白质源,小麦粉为主要糖源制作基础饲料,通过在基础饲料中添加不同比例的ARA-纯化油,制成ARA含量分别为0.02%(对照组)、0.17%、0.36%、0.51%、0.59%和0.98%(占饲料干重)的6组等氮等脂的实验饲料,在室内循环水养殖系统进行为期56 d的养殖实验。结果表明,随着饲料中ARA含量的升高,刺参增重率(weight gain rate,WGR)呈先上升后降低的趋势,0.36%和0.51%ARA饲料组刺参WGR显著高于其他处理组(P0.05),刺参的特定生长率(specific growth rate,SGR)和饲料效率(feed efficiency,FE)与WGR具有相同的变化趋势;刺参体壁粗脂肪含量随饲料ARA含量升高呈先降低后升高的趋势,在0.51%ARA饲料组含量最低,且显著低于对照组与0.98%ARA饲料组(P0.05);同时,随饲料中ARA含量的提高,刺参体壁中ARA和n-6多不饱和脂肪酸(n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids,n-6 PUFA)含量呈显著上升趋势,而二十碳五烯酸(eicosapentaenioc acid,EPA)、二十二碳六烯酸(docosahexaenoic acid,DHA)和n-3多不饱和脂肪酸(n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids,n-3 PUFA)含量显著降低(P0.05);抗氧化能力方面,0.36%和0.51%ARA饲料组刺参肠道中超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)、过氧化氢酶(catalase,CAT)和总抗氧化能力酶(total antioxidant capacity enzyme,T-AOC)活性均显著高于对照组与0.98%ARA饲料组(P0.05),而肠道丙二醛(malondialdehyde,MDA)含量呈相反的变化趋势(P0.05);刺参肠道中脂肪酸合成酶(fatty acid synthase,FAS)和乙酰辅酶A羧化酶(acetyl-Co A carboxylase,ACC)活性随饲料ARA含量的升高呈显著降低趋势(P0.05);刺参肠道中肉毒碱棕榈酰转移酶-1(carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1,CPT-1)活性随饲料ARA含量升高呈先升高后降低的趋势(P0.05)。研究表明,在本实验条件下,饲料中添加适量ARA(0.36%~0.51%)能够对刺参生长、抗氧化能力起到一定的促进作用,同时结果显示,饲料ARA含量会对刺参肠道内脂肪酸代谢产生一定的影响。 相似文献
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Large‐scale mortality and limited expression of heat shock proteins of aestivating sea cucumbers Apostichopus japonicus after acute salinity decrease 
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下载免费PDF全文 This study deals with the mortality and related physiological responses of aestivating sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus to acute salinity decrease. Aestivating and active sea cucumbers were exposed to a decrease in salinity (from 30 to 20 psu) at a rate of 2.5 psu every 6 h, and then maintained at 20 psu for 96 h. The mortality of aestivating sea cucumbers was ~30%, which was significantly higher than that of active sea cucumbers (~10%). This result indicated that sea cucumbers in aestivation were more susceptible to hypo‐salinity stress. To elucidate the underlying physiological mechanisms, the osmotic pressure in coelomic fluid and the levels of hsp70 and hsp90 mRNA in aestivating and active sea cucumbers were measured. No significant difference in osmoregulation was observed between the two groups. The osmotic pressure of coelomic fluid in both groups changed with decrease in ambient salinity. There were significant differences in the time course and magnitude of hsp70 and hsp90 expression between the two groups. After exposure to decreased salinity, aestivating sea cucumbers showed a delayed up‐regulation of hsp70 and hsp90 expression compared with animals in active state, and these levels decreased rapidly to control values. The expression of hsp70 and hsp90 in aestivating sea cucumbers were significantly lower than those in active sea cucumbers after salinity change. The differences in hsp70 and hsp90 expression between the states may partly explain the higher mortality of sea cucumbers in aestivation when exposed to low salinity. 相似文献
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本文选择COI基因片段作为分子标记,对部分鲇形目鱼类(Siluriformes)进行系统发育研究。应用通用引物PCR扩增得到13种鲇形目鱼类的134条COI基因,并与Gen Bank中获得15种鲇形目鱼类的51条COI基因进行比对分析。结果显示:鲇形目鱼类COΙ基因存在碱基插入缺失现象较少,为越南隐鳍鲇(Pterocryptis cochinchinensis)、丝尾鳠(Hemibagrus wyckioides)和黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)3种共计5个位点;平均碱基含量A+T(55.5%)显著高于G+C(44.5%)。利用Kimura’s 2-parameter计算28个物种的种间平均遗传距离为0.195,23个物种的种内平均遗传距离为0.006。系统发育树的分析结果表明,Neighbour-Joining(NJ)树较Maximum Likelihood(ML)树更为适合鲇形目鱼类的遗传发育分析;COI基因在科及其以下水平的系统进化关系与传统分类方法所认同的结果一致性较高,达到82.9%以上;在目水平的一致性的可信度较低,仅为71%;半鲿属聚为单系类群,黄颡鱼属、属和拟鲿属三者聚为一支,黄颡鱼属与拟鲿属的亲缘关系较近。 相似文献
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Camilla L. E. MacDonald Selina M. Stead Matthew J. Slater 《Aquaculture International》2013,21(6):1279-1290
Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems combining finfish and sea cucumbers remain largely untested. Integrating a deposit-feeding species into existing aquaculture units prerequires survival of the deposit feeder, waste diet consumption and bioremediation effect of feeding activity. The sea cucumber, Holothuria forskali, was fed waste from cultured European Seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, to determine palatability and impact of grazing by H. forskali. Sea cucumbers readily consumed waste diet at amounts suitable to process biodeposition beneath commercial sea-based D. labrax farms. Grazing by H. forskali significantly reduced total nitrogen content of D. labrax waste in short-term controlled feeding experiments (unpaired t test, p < 0.05) and suppressed total carbon content of D. labrax waste in long-term controlled feeding experiments (unpaired t test, p < 0.05). Survival, palatability and nutrient reduction results support investigation of H. forskali inclusion in IMTA systems focussed on bioremediation of finfish waste if limitations in understanding of growth potential, biology and life history are addressed. 相似文献
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Marisol Beltran‐Gutierrez Sebastian CA Ferse Andreas Kunzmann Selina M Stead Flower E Msuya Thomas S Hoffmeister Matthew J Slater 《Aquaculture Research》2016,47(5):1549-1559
Commercially valuable sea cucumbers are potential co‐culture species in tropical lagoon environments, where they may be integrated into established aquaculture areas used for seaweed farming. In the current study, wild‐caught juvenile sea cucumbers, Holothuria scabra, and red seaweed Kappaphycus striatum were co‐cultured on Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania. Sea cucumbers (97 g ± 31 SD, n = 52) were cultured in mesh enclosures at initial cage stocking densities of 124 ± 21 SD and 218 ± 16 SD g m?2 under seaweed culture lines. Over 83 days, individual growth rate (1.6 g d?1 ± 0.2 SD) of sea cucumbers at low stocking density was significantly higher (χ2 = 8.292, d.f. = 1, P = 0.004) than at high‐stocking density (0.9 g d?1 ± 0.1 SD). Seaweed individual growth rates [6.27 (±0.3 SE) g d?1] were highest in co‐culture with sea cucumber at low density but did not differ significantly from high sea cucumber density or seaweed monoculture treatments (χ2 = 3.0885, d.f. = 2, P = 0.2135). Seaweed growth varied significantly (χ2 = 35.6, d.f. = 2, P < 0.0001) with sampling period, with the final sampling period resulting in the highest growth rate. Growth performance for seaweed and sea cucumbers (χ2 = 3.089, d.f. = 2, P = 0.21 and χ2 = 0.08, d.f. = 1, P = 0.777 respectively), did not differ significantly between monoculture and co‐culture treatments, yet growth in co‐culture was comparable with that reported for existing commercial monoculture. Results indicate H. scabra is a highly viable candidate species for lagoon co‐culture with seaweed. Co‐culture offers a more efficient use of limited coastal space over monoculture and is recommended as a potential coastal livelihood option for lagoon farmers in tropical regions. 相似文献