Format and mode of artificial substrate fixation affect the performance of Litopenaeus vannamei in high-density rearing systems

dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume49
dc.contributor.authorSchveitzer, Rodrigo [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorZanetti Leite, Thais Sabino [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorOrteney, Natacha Ester [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorTemistocles Menezes, Fabrini Copetti [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMedeiros, Igor Dias [UNIFESP]
dc.coverageHoboken
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-08T13:09:36Z
dc.date.available2020-07-08T13:09:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractWe investigated whether the positive impacts of artificial substrates on shrimp performance are altered in any way by their format or mode of fixation in the tanks. To examine this question, substrates were fixed vertically in the water column in three different configurations: SCF treatment (Substrate Completely Fixed), SPF treatment (Substrate Partially Fixed) and SFF (Substrate in Frond Format). Another treatment received no substrate and served as control (WS=Without Substrate). The shrimp were cultured for 38days in intensive biofloc culture tanks at a stocking density of 1,125 shrimp m(-3). In general, water quality variables were similar among treatments and remained within the appropriate range for shrimp culture. The final biomass was higher (8.5kg m(-3)) and the feed conversion ratio (FCR) lower (1.6) in all tanks with substrates when compared with the WS treatment tanks (final biomass=6.3kg m(-3) and FCR=3.1). However, only shrimp from the SCF and SPF treatments had a higher survival rate (>95.0%) compared to those in WS tanks (75.9%), which was statistically similar to the SFF treatment (88.0%). These results show that substrate format and its mode of fixation in tanks can alter shrimp performance. In well-aerated intensive tanks, substrates in frond format are constantly pushed to the tank surface, making it difficult for shrimp to adhere to the screens. In such situation, the extra surface provided by the substrates is not always available to the shrimp, a fact that minimizes the positive effects of substrate.en
dc.description.affiliationFed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Marine Sci, Rua Dona Maria Maximo,168,Ponta da Praia, BR-11030100 Santos, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespFed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Marine Sci, Rua Dona Maria Maximo,168,Ponta da Praia, BR-11030100 Santos, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, CNPq [447160/2014-1]
dc.format.extent1357-1362
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/are.13561
dc.identifier.citationAquaculture Research. Hoboken, v. 49, n. 3, p. 1357-1362, 2018.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/are.13561
dc.identifier.issn1355-557X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/54095
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000423800700024
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofAquaculture Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectartificial substrateen
dc.subjectbiofloc systemen
dc.subjectbiofloc technologyen
dc.subjectintensiveen
dc.subjectshrimpen
dc.titleFormat and mode of artificial substrate fixation affect the performance of Litopenaeus vannamei in high-density rearing systemsen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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