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Provedor de dados: | 5
País: | France
Título: | Biofouling development and its effect on growth and reproduction of the farmed pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera
Autores: | Lacoste, Elise; Le Moullac, Gilles; Levy, Peva; Gueguen, Yannick; Gaertner-mazouni, Nabila.
Data: | 2014-10
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Pearl oyster culture; Pinctada margaritifera; Biofouling; Growth; Reproduction.
Resumo: | In bivalve aquaculture, dominant fouling organisms are filter feeders which can compete for food with reared bivalves, sometimes causing mortality or reducing their growth rate. This study investigated the effect of biofouling on the farmed pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera in two lagoons of French Polynesia. Survival, growth and reproduction of 2 year-old pearl oysters were monitored with regular sampling schedules, from the initial stage of colonization up to 20 months of biofouling accumulation. Control groups of pearl oysters were kept free of biofouling as is the current practice in pearl farms. After more than a year of monitoring, no significant difference was recorded in shell growth rate between pearl oysters reared with epibionts and the control group of pearl oysters, at both sites. Mean annual shell growth rate (height) was 30.5 ± 9.2 mm in Tahiti and 24.8 ± 7.7 mm in Mangareva. Neither the survival nor the reproduction indices were negatively affected by biofouling. In Mangareva, where biofouling development was quantified during 1 year, the rate of colonization appeared to be high during the first 3 months before slowing down. These results raise questions about the necessity of removing biofouling at this stage of pearl oyster production (i.e. before grafting).
Tipo: | Text
Idioma: | Inglês

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http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00201/31188/29587.pdf

DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.07.012

http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00201/31188/

Editor: | Elsevier Science Bv
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Aquaculture (0044-8486) (Elsevier Science Bv), 2014-10 , Vol. 434 , P. 18-26

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