The dietary value for sea-bass larvae (Dicentrarchus labrax) of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis fed with or without a laboratory-cultured alga |
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| Authors: | Francois-Joël Gatesoupe Jean H Robin |
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| Institution: | 1. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Recherches Hydrobiologiques, Laboratoire de Nutrition des Poissons, Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, 64310 Ascain France;2. Centre National pour l''Exploitation des Océans, Département de Biologie, Aquaculture et Pêches, Centre Océanologique de Bretagne, B.P. 337, 29273 Brest Cedex France |
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| Abstract: | Rotifers were fed on a laboratory-cultured alga, Platymonas (= Tetraselmis) suecica, and/or a diet composed of commercial single-cell proteins. They were given to sea-bass larvae up to day 15–20 after hatching, while Artemia nauplii were supplied from day 9–13. At day 21, the survival rate of fish obtained with rotifers fed on compound diet ranged between 32 and 82%, and their mean weight between 5.0 and 7.8 mg. When rotifers were fed either only on algae or on a mixture of 33% algae and 67% compound diet, the growth and survival rates of sea-bass were not clearly different to those obtained with rotifers fed on compound diet. No significant difference was observed when these rotifers were enriched with nutrients just before distributing them to fish. However, these rates appeared to be quite high in comparison to those obtained by several other authors. We can therefore recommend rotifers fed on compound diet as being, even without enrichment, convenient and low-cost food for sea-bass larvae. |
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