Maximizing the Nutritional Values of Copepods in Aquaculture: Managed Versus Balanced Nutrition

Kleppel, G. S.; Hazzard, S. E.; Burkart, C. A.

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“…Selecting a suitable feed is a crucial factor that extensively influences the productivity and quality of copepod cultures (Kleppel, Hazzard, & Burkart, ). Recent studies have focused on the evaluation of a suitable microalgal diet for copepods in captive conditions that belong to orders such as Calanoida (Camus, Zeng, & McKinnon, ; Milione & Zeng, ; Ohs, Chang, Grabe, DiMaggio, & Stenn, ; Pan et al., ), Harpacticoida (Arndt & Sommer, ; Caramujo, Boschker, & Admiraal, ; Pinto, Souza‐Santos, & Santos, ; Rajthilak et al., ) and Cyclopoida (Lee, Park, Lee, & Kang, ; Rasdi, Qin, & Li, ).…”

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Assessment of the fecundity, population growth and fatty acid composition ofApocyclops royi(Cyclopoida, Copepoda) fed on different microalgal diets

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The brackish cyclopoid copepod Apocyclops royi is used in Taiwanese aquaculture industry as a prey for fish larvae. This study investigated the effects of seven microalgal diets, namely single-species diets of Isochrysis galbana (ISO), Nannochloropsis oculata (NAN), and Tetraselmis chui (TET), two-species diets (ISO+NAN, ISO+TET and TET+NAN), and a three-species diet (ISO+NAN+TET), on the population growth, female fecundity and fatty acid composition of A. royi. For reproductive traits, the combination ISO+NAN was found to be the most supportive diet for both population growth and female fecundity. For nutritional value, copepods fed ISO and ISO+NAN were detected to have the highest content of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (18.99% and 10.73% total fatty acid, respectively) and, more importantly, a high DHA/EPA ratio (6.09 and 4.09, respectively). Additionally, a comparison of fatty acid composition between copepods and microalgae gives a tentative indication that A. royi may have the ability to synthesize long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from short-chain PUFA. Our findings illustrate that ISO+NAN is the most suitable microalgal diet for mass culturing A. royi because it increases productivity and enhances the nutritional value of the copepods for use as fish larvae prey.

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Assessment of the fecundity, population growth and fatty acid composition ofApocyclops royi(Cyclopoida, Copepoda) fed on different microalgal diets

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“…The causes for high CI–CII mortality are unknown but may be related to suboptimal food conditions during growth. A diet that combines R. baltica with I. galbana has been shown to be appropriate in providing desirable fatty acid and protein composition for the culturing of A. tonsa (Kleppel, Hazzard & Burkart 2005), but may not be sufficient to maximize production for all copepod species. Moreover, if we calculate the growth rate as from the time of the inoculum to when it reaches the maximum adult density, our results indicate that C. typicus grows much faster (50 days) compared with T. stylifera (4 momths).…”

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Experimental cultivation of the Mediterranean calanoid copepods Temora stylifera and Centropages typicus in a pilot re-circulating system

Buttino

Ianora

Buono

et al. 2011

Aquaculture Research

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“…It is well known that crustaceans are important in the diets of fishes and that copepods are among the principal foods of several economically valuable fish species (Kleppel et al, 2005). In the marine environment copepod life stages typically make up the bulk of the zooplankton biomass in the size range suitable as prey for most larval and planktivorous fish (Turner, 1974).…”

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Copepoda as food of young tropical estuarine fishes

Filho¹,

Vieira²,

Neumann‐Leitão³

2011

TropOcean

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Palavras chave: Copepoda, alimentação, peixes, teia trófica, estuário ABSTRACTMany economical and ecological important estuarine fishes are common in the artisan fisheries at the Santa Cruz Channel (Itamaracá -Brazil). Studies about fishes feeding emphasized the Copepoda as they are important to assess the throphic web interactions. Samples were monthly collected along Santa Cruz Channel with a seine net, from 1995 to 1998, besides data published since 1979. Fishes stomach content were analysed under a compound microscope and stereomicroscope. The fishes species that Copepoda were registered in the stomach content were: Opisthonema oglinum (Oithona spp. -40%), Citharichthys spilopterus (Parvocalanus crassisrostris -18%; Oithona spp. -5%; Calanopia americana -8%), Symphurus plagusia (Parvocalanus crassisrostris -20%, Euterpina acutifrons -5% and Acartia lilljeborgi -5%, Oithona spp. -5%); Eugerres brasilianus and Diapterus auratus (Macrosetella gracilis -6%, Farranula gracilis -3%, Acartia lilljeborgi -10%, Euterpina acutifrons -3% and Oncaea sp.-3%). Copepoda nauplii, eggs and carapace from non identified copepod species were also commonly registered. It was observed that planktonic Copepoda was a frequent food item to many fish species in the Santa Cruz Channel.

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Maximizing the Nutritional Values of Copepods in Aquaculture: Managed Versus Balanced Nutrition

Cited by 15 publications

References 52 publications

Assessment of the fecundity, population growth and fatty acid composition ofApocyclops royi(Cyclopoida, Copepoda) fed on different microalgal diets

Assessment of the fecundity, population growth and fatty acid composition ofApocyclops royi(Cyclopoida, Copepoda) fed on different microalgal diets

Experimental cultivation of the Mediterranean calanoid copepods Temora stylifera and Centropages typicus in a pilot re-circulating system

Copepoda as food of young tropical estuarine fishes

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