Nutritional effect of Artemia nauplii enriched with Tetraselmis suecica and Chaetoceros calcitrans microalgae on growth and survival on the river prawn Macrobrachium americanum larvae

• Published in: Aquaculture international 2018-08, Vol.26 (4), p.1001-1015
• Main Authors: Méndez-Martínez, Yuniel, García-Guerrero, Marcelo Ulises, Lora-Vilchis, María Concepción, Martínez-Córdova, Luis Rafael, Arcos-Ortega, Fabiola Guadalupe, Alpuche, Juan José, Cortés-Jacinto, Edilmar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Algae; Aquatic crustaceans; Artemia; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chaetoceros calcitrans; Diet; Fish; Freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Freshwater crustaceans; Growth; Inland water environment; Larvae; Life Sciences; Macrobrachium americanum; Marine crustaceans; Metamorphosis; Microalgae; Nauplii; Nutritive value; Survival; Tetraselmis suecica; Zoology
• ISSN: 0967-6120; 1573-143X
• DOI: 10.1007/s10499-018-0264-0

The nutritional value of nauplii and metanauplii I of Artemia enriched with microalgae as food for freshwater prawn larvae ( Macrobrachium americanum ) was tested. The larvae were fed with three different diets consisting of Artemia nauplii (D 1 ), Artemia metanauplii I enriched with Tetraselmis suecica (D 2 ), and Artemia metanauplii I enriched with Chaetoceros calcitrans (D 3 ) from zoea (Z) II . Growth showed differences since the third week, and the highest and lowest growth was observed with D 3 and D 1 , respectively. The first metamorphosis to post-larvae appeared with treatment D 3 at 9 weeks. Survival showed differences at the first week with D 1 and D 3 treatments, and D 2 showed the best survival up to week 4. From the sixth week to the end, treatment D 3 reached the highest survival. With treatments D 1 and D 2 , all larvae died at the 9th and 10th week, respectively. D 3 was the most effective of the three diets.