Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture
A study to establish a relatively simple and reliable small scale mass production and the nutritional profile of Nitocra affinis was undertaken. The result confirmed the feasibility of maintaining N. affinis on a small scale for a long period using cheaply available culture vessels. Within six weeks...
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| description | A study to establish a relatively simple and reliable small scale mass production and the nutritional profile of Nitocra affinis was undertaken. The result confirmed the feasibility of maintaining N. affinis on a small scale for a long period using cheaply available culture vessels. Within six weeks (42 days) a minimum harvest of 43.6 x 103 copepod.L-1 and maximum of 44.5 x 103 copepod.L-1 were obtained. Using several numbers of vessels (2L-capacity) for mass production, it was feasible to harvest 15.0 x 103 copepod.L-1 daily after two weeks of inoculation. Nitocra affinis has a great potential as live food because it contained high protein (39 to 52%), lipid (13 to 23%) and carbohydrates (8 to 11%). It also contained high level of n-3 HUFA (up to 44%) and n-6 HUFA (up to 14%). In addition it contained high amount of DHA (up to 19%) and EPA (up to 25%). Moreover, levels and ratios of fatty acids closely matched both the requirements of marine finfish and shrimp larvae. |
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| spelling | upm-248712017-11-08T09:20:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24871/ Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture Matias-Peralta, Hazel Monica Md. Yusoff, Fatimah Mohamed Din, Mohamed Shariff Mohamed, Suhaila A study to establish a relatively simple and reliable small scale mass production and the nutritional profile of Nitocra affinis was undertaken. The result confirmed the feasibility of maintaining N. affinis on a small scale for a long period using cheaply available culture vessels. Within six weeks (42 days) a minimum harvest of 43.6 x 103 copepod.L-1 and maximum of 44.5 x 103 copepod.L-1 were obtained. Using several numbers of vessels (2L-capacity) for mass production, it was feasible to harvest 15.0 x 103 copepod.L-1 daily after two weeks of inoculation. Nitocra affinis has a great potential as live food because it contained high protein (39 to 52%), lipid (13 to 23%) and carbohydrates (8 to 11%). It also contained high level of n-3 HUFA (up to 44%) and n-6 HUFA (up to 14%). In addition it contained high amount of DHA (up to 19%) and EPA (up to 25%). Moreover, levels and ratios of fatty acids closely matched both the requirements of marine finfish and shrimp larvae. Academic Journals 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24871/1/24871.pdf Matias-Peralta, Hazel Monica and Md. Yusoff, Fatimah and Mohamed Din, Mohamed Shariff and Mohamed, Suhaila (2011) Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (6). art. no. BE16A9739009. pp. 1611-1620. ISSN 1991-637X http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-abstract/BE16A9739009 |
| spellingShingle | Matias-Peralta, Hazel Monica Md. Yusoff, Fatimah Mohamed Din, Mohamed Shariff Mohamed, Suhaila Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture |
| title | Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture |
| title_full | Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture |
| title_fullStr | Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture |
| title_short | Small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture |
| title_sort | small-scale continuous production of a tropical marine copepod, nitocra affinis californica lang and its potential as live food for aquaculture |
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