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

Authors

Gil Penha-Lopes, Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal
Joana Figueiredo, Universidade de Lisboa - PortugalFollow
Luis Narciso, Universidade de Lisboa - Portugal

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-6-2007

Publication Title

Aquaculture

Keywords

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

ISSN

0044-8486

Volume

264

Issue/No.

1-4

First Page

285

Last Page

296

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.

Comments

©2006 Elsevier B.V.

NSUWorks Citation

Gil Penha-Lopes, Joana Figueiredo, and Luis Narciso. 2007. Modelling Survival and Growth of Mithraculus forceps' Larvae and Juveniles (A. Milne Edwards, 1875) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) in Aquaculture .Aquaculture , (1-4) : 285 -296. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/409.

ORCID ID

0000-0001-6597-0268

DOI

10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.12.019