TY - JOUR
T1 - Copepod growth populations (Acartia sp.) in outdoor mass culture tanks
T2 - Exploring natural feed potentials for sustainable aquaculture
AU - Wiradana, Putu Angga
AU - Anjani, Sephia
AU - Yusup, Deny Suhernawan
AU - Wiryatno, Joko
AU - Melianawati, Regina
AU - Naw, Sin War
AU - Nege, Aondohemba Samuel
AU - Soegianto, Agoes
N1 - Funding Information:
The author thanks Dr. I Ketut Ginantra, S.Pd., M.Sc. as the coordinator of the Program Study Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Udayana who has facilitated and supported this research and Mr. Kurdi for sparing his time to guide and motivate our team through all the processes. The authors also deliver their gratitude to UniversitasAirlangga, Surabaya.
Publisher Copyright:
© EM International.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Larvae feed plays an important role in aquaculture activities. It helps the fish to pass through their initial life during the larvae stage after egg hatching. Copepods are zooplankton which has a high potential to be developed as a natural feed for fish fry. Hence, this study was aimed at figuring out a technique for mass culturing of copepod in outdoor culture tanks. Copepods were cultured for six days in a culture tank, starting from the nauplii phase up to the adult phase. The life cycle of the cultured copepod started with nauplii (phase N1-N6), copepodite (phase C1-C5), and the adult stage. The copepod seeds cultured were under nauplii phase (N1-N2). After being cultured for 6 days and harvested daily for 16 days (under two different sampling technique), this study obtained the total number of 25,470 copepods using first harvesting technique and 136,730 copepods using the second harvesting technique. The obtained number consisted of copepods from all the three life cycles. Results of this study showed a potential of this copepods culture method in producing sustainable stock of fish larvae feed.
AB - Larvae feed plays an important role in aquaculture activities. It helps the fish to pass through their initial life during the larvae stage after egg hatching. Copepods are zooplankton which has a high potential to be developed as a natural feed for fish fry. Hence, this study was aimed at figuring out a technique for mass culturing of copepod in outdoor culture tanks. Copepods were cultured for six days in a culture tank, starting from the nauplii phase up to the adult phase. The life cycle of the cultured copepod started with nauplii (phase N1-N6), copepodite (phase C1-C5), and the adult stage. The copepod seeds cultured were under nauplii phase (N1-N2). After being cultured for 6 days and harvested daily for 16 days (under two different sampling technique), this study obtained the total number of 25,470 copepods using first harvesting technique and 136,730 copepods using the second harvesting technique. The obtained number consisted of copepods from all the three life cycles. Results of this study showed a potential of this copepods culture method in producing sustainable stock of fish larvae feed.
KW - Animal feed
KW - Aquaculture
KW - Copepods
KW - Harvest
KW - Outdoor mass culture
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099146894
SN - 0971-765X
VL - 26
SP - 1383
EP - 1388
JO - Ecology, Environment and Conservation
JF - Ecology, Environment and Conservation
IS - 3
ER -
