GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP Litopenaeus vannamei (BOONE, 1931) IN DIFFERENT SALINITIES

Authors

  • Carlos Henrique dos Anjos dos Santos Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
  • Jullyermes Araújo Lourenco Universidade Federal do Ceará.
  • Ramon Barros Baptista Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
  • Marco Antonio Igarashi Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i3.4728

Keywords:

Schrimp production

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the development of Litopenaeus vannameiat post-larvae (PL) at different salinities. This experiment was carried out at the “Centro de Tecnologia em Aqüicultura/UFC” at the period from 01/09/2006 to 31/10/2006. Twenty aquariums, with a capacity of 30 liters each one, were randomly distributed in five treatments (control, 0‰, 10‰, 20‰, 30‰ e 35‰) and four replications, at a density of 30 shrimps/aquarium. Initial average total weight and length of PL’s10 were 0.008 ± 0.001 g e 11.00 ± 0.05 mm, respectively. The PL’s were gradually acclimatized at the different experimental salinities. Significant differences among salinity treatments were determined using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by least significant difference test of treatment means (Tukey test) (P<0,001). The water quality were maintained for all treatments within an acceptable pattern for it species cultivation. The PL´s cultured in freshwater (0‰) showed the best index growth in weight, increments in weight, daily relative increment of biomass and survival rate (P<0.001), while that cultured at 10‰ of salinity showed the highest total length and length increment (P<0.001). These results suggest that L. vannamei shows similar growth and survival rate even if cultured in different salinities.

KEY WORDS: Laboratory, Litopenaeus vannamei, osmoregulation, saline gradient.

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Author Biographies

Carlos Henrique dos Anjos dos Santos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Doutorando em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Bolsista do CNPq.

Jullyermes Araújo Lourenco, Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Doutorando em Engenharia de Pesca. Bolsista da CAPES.

Ramon Barros Baptista, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Mestrando em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Bolsista da CAPES.

Marco Antonio Igarashi, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Professor Ph.D. do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Pesca. Secretária Especial da Aqüicultura e Pesca da Presidência da Republica – SEAP/PR

Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

SANTOS, C. H. dos A. dos; LOURENCO, J. A.; BAPTISTA, R. B.; IGARASHI, M. A. GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP Litopenaeus vannamei (BOONE, 1931) IN DIFFERENT SALINITIES. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 3, p. 783–789, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i3.4728. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4728. Acesso em: 28 jul. 2024.

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Animal Production