Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Modelling Survival and Growth of Mithraculus forceps' Larvae and Juveniles (A. Milne Edwards, 1875) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) in Aquaculture

ORCID

0000-0001-6597-0268

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Aquaculture

ISSN

0044-8486

Publication Date

4-6-2007

Keywords

Modelling, Culture, Mithraculus forceps, Stocking density, Diet, Prey density

Abstract

In the present study, by using accumulated information of Mithraculus forceps larval and juvenile rearing, survival, growth/size and productivity models were developed, allowing for optimization and improvement of the culture methodology of this species. By taking into account the productivity, we estimated larval optimal conditions as: 60 larvae.L−1 and 10 Artemia nauplii.mL−1. For juveniles we estimated optimal conditions as: 12900 crabs.m−2 and feed juveniles with Artemia nauplii, if possible supplemented with Amphora microalgae.

DOI

10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.12.019

Volume

264

Issue

1-4

First Page

285

Last Page

296

Comments

©2006 Elsevier B.V.

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