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AQUACULTURE RESEARCH
Volume 41, Issue 9, Pages 1302-1314Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02418.x
Keywords
essential fatty acids; arachidonic acid; fish larvae; Centropristis striata; growth; survival; hypersaline stress tolerance
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- USDA-CSREES [NQ 2003-06219]
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The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of the dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to arachidonic acid (ARA) ratio on the survival, growth, hypersaline stress resistance and tissue composition of black sea bass larvae raised from first feeding to metamorphic stages. Larvae were fed enriched rotifers Brachionus rotundiformis and Artemia nauplii containing two levels of DHA (0% and 10% total fatty acids=TFA) in conjunction with three levels of ARA (0%, 3% and 6% TFA). On d24ph, larvae fed the 10:6 (DHA:ARA) treatment showed significantly (P < 0.05) higher survival (62.3%) than larvae fed 0:0 (DHA:ARA) (27.4%). Notochord length and dry weight were also significantly (P < 0.05) greater in the 10:6 (DHA:ARA) treatment (8.65 mm, 2.14 mg) than in the 0:0 (DHA:ARA) (7.7 mm, 1.65 mg) treatment. During hypersaline (65 g L-1) challenge, no significant differences (P > 0.05) were observed in the median survival time (ST50) between larvae fed 10% DHA (ST50=25.6 min) and larvae fed 0% DHA (ST50=18.2 min). The results suggested that black sea bass larvae fed prey containing 10% DHA with increasing ARA within the range of 0-6% showed improved growth and survival from first feeding through metamorphic stages.
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