The effects of light, darkness and intermittent feeding on the growth and survival of reared Atlantic bonito and Atlantic bluefin tuna larvae
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Blanco, E. (Edurne); Reglero, P. (Patricia); Ortega-García, A. (Aurelio); de-la-Gándara, F. (Fernando); Fiksen, Øyvind; Folkvord, ArildDate
2017Type
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bluefin tunaThunnus thynnus
Sarda sarda
bonito
larval rearing
aquaculture
Abstract
In larval culture, long light photoperiod regimes are used to maximize ingestion rates by increasing the accessibility to prey and therefore enhancing larval growth. Intermittent feeding could provide a viable alternative to the commonly used continuous feeding regimes that aim to improve larval growth and survival. In this study, we investigate the effect of alternating light/darkness regimes with intermittent feeding on the growth and survival of piscivorous larvae of two Scombrid species: Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) and Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). First we tested if the manipulation of a light regime generated intermittent feeding by analyzing the larval stomach content. Then, we conducted two laboratory experiments to identify the best alternating light regime that maximized larval growth and survival by comparing the results to those obtained using continuous light regimes. The manipulation of light was optimized to provide intermittent ...
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