Effects of Culture Conditions on the Survival and Growth of Larvae and Young Swimming Crabs Portunus trituberculatus (Miers)

Abstract

The effects of food, temperature, salinity, and rearing density on the survival and growth of the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus, were studied. With regard to food, the larval survival rate to zoea IV was the highest (53.9%) in the mixed feed group (rotifers+ Artemia), followed, in order, by the rotifer, commercial feed, and Artemia groups. The growth of young crabs reared on different diets was the highest in group VI. The survival rate to zoea II at 20 to 30 ℃ ranged between 77.2% and 83.1%, and was the highest for crab I (17.3%) at 25 ℃ . When young crabs were cultured individually at four different temperatures (20, 25, 30, and 35 ℃ ), the growth did not differ significantly at 25 to 30 ℃ , but was higher than at 20 ℃ . The survival rate of larvae to crab I was 12.7 and 11.4% at 25 and 28 psu, respectively, while all of the larvae died at 15 psu. For young crabs, there was no significant difference in growth and survival from 20 to 30 psu. The survival rate decreased with increasing rearing density from zoea I to crab I. Each molting cycle took 1 month from crab I to VIII. Subsequently, the interval increased with growth. The mean body weight of crab XV after 24 months was 428.05± 57.63 g.

A Characteristics of Biological Resources of Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876) around the Chilsan Inland Younggwang, Korea

“…꽃게, Portunus trituberculatus는 절지동문門 갑각綱 십각 目 꽃게科에 속하며, 우리나라의 주요수산생물중 하나로 내만 성이 강해 사니질 환경에서 주로 서식하며 (Hong, 2006), 유영 지를 가지고 있어 장거리를 회유하는 종으로써 대만 연안으로 부터 중국대륙 연안, 일본 본주 연안 및 우리나라 연안까지 널리 분포하는 것으로 알려져 있다 (Kim, 1973;Yeon, 1997 (Pyen, 1970), 유생의 사육과 성장 (Hue et al, 1972), 유생의 탈피와 성장 (Kim, 2006), 난 성숙과 산란 (Seo et al, 2009), 사육조건에 따른 생 존과 성장 (Seo et al, 2011), 개체군 생태 (Hendar, 2011;Oh, 2011)등의 연구가 있으며, 국외의 연구로는 생태연구 (Oshima, 1938;山田, 1986;倉田, 1983) …”