Experimental culture of the freshwater crab Dilocarcinus pagei: effect of density on the growth
Keywords:
Trichodactylidae, Brachyura, Decapoda, aquacultureAbstract
This study investigated the effect of culture density on the juvenile development of the freshwater crab Dilocarcinus pagei, analyzing the mortality, size increment and mutilation. Juvenile crabs were cultured for 90 days in three treatments with three replicates: T1 - 2 animals L-1; T2 - 3 animals L-1; and T3 - 4 animals L-1. Mortality was high and increased with density: T1 = 70.0 ± 10.0%, T2 = 73.3 ± 3.2% and T3 = 81.6 ± 2.9%. The size increment (mm) did not differ significantly among the treatments, and the means were 7.86 ± 1.76 (T1), 9.33 ± 1.21 (T2) and 8.56 ± 0.53 (T3). However, the specific growth rate was higher in T2, that had a tendency for more growth, as demonstrated by linear regression (ANCOVA, F =10.04; DF = 2; P<0.001). Crabs cultured in the same period grew to different sizes over the course of the experiment. The mutilation was not density dependent, and the size of the mutilated individuals was significantly smaller than that of the non-mutilated crabs (Z = 2.4565; P = 0.0140). Among crab densities tested, the most suitable density for aquaculture was 3 animals L-1 due to highest specific growth rate presented, despite the high mortality.
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nº 3, de 28 de fevereiro de 2011 referentes í captura, transporte, estocagem, comercialização
e cultivo de iscas vivas no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Secretaria do Estado de Meio Ambiente, Planejamento, da Ciência e Tecnologia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Diário Oficial do Estado, 29 de agosto de 2011.
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SWINEY, K.M.; LONG. W.C; PERSSELIN, S.L. 2013 The effects of holding space on juvenile red king
crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815),growth and survival. Aquaculture Research, 44(7):1007-1016.
TADDEI, F.G. and HERRERA, D.R. 2010Crescimento do caranguejo Dilocarcinus pagei Stimpson, 1861 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Trichodactylidae) na Represa Barra Mansa, Mendonça, SP. Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 36(2):99-110.
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VENTURA, R.; SILVA, U.A.T.; OSTRENSKY, A.;COTTENS, K. 2011 Intraspecific interactions in the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) during the metamorphosis and
post-metamorphosis periods under laboratory conditions. Zoologia, 28(1): 1-7.
YEO, D.J.; PETER, K.L.N.G.; CUMBERLIDGE, N.; MAGALHíES, C.; DANIELS, S.R.; CAMPOS, M.R. 2008 Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia, 595: 275-286.
BRANCO, J.O. and MASUNARI, S. 2000 Reproductive ecology of the blue crab, Callinectes danae Smith 1869, in the Conceição Lagoon System, Santa Catarina Isle, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 60(1): 17-27.
DALY, B.; SWINGLE, J.S.; ECKERT, G.L. 2009 Effects of diet, stocking density, and substrate on
survival and growth of hatchery-cultured red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) juveniles in
Alaska, USA. Aquaculture, 293(1): 68-73.
DALY, B.; SWINGLE, J.S.; ECKERT, G.L. 2012 Increasing hatchery production of juvenile red
king crabs (Paralithodes camtschaticus) through size grading. Aquaculture, 364í 365: 206í 211.
DAVANSO, T.M.; TADDEI, F.G.; SIMí-ES S.M.;FRANSOZO, A.; COSTA, R.C. 2013 Population
dynamics of the freshwater crab Dilocarcinus pagei in tropical waters in southeastern Brazil.
Journal of Crustacean Biology, 33(2): 235-243.
DIELE, K.; KOCH, V.; SAINT-PAUL, U. 2005 Population structure, catch composition and
CPUE of the artisanally harvested mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae) in the Caeté
estuary, North Brazil: Indications for overfishing? Aquatic Living Resources, 18(2): 169-178.
HE, J.; WU, X.; LI, J.; HUANG, Q.; HUANG, Z.;CHENG, Y. 2014 Comparison of the culture performance and profitability of wild-caught and captive pond-reared Chinese mitten crab
(Eriocheir sinensis) juveniles reared in grow-out ponds: Implications for seed selection and
genetic selection programs. Aquaculture, 434: 48-56.
HINES, A.H.; JIVOFF, P.R.; BUSHMANN, P.J.; Van MONTFRANS, J.; REED, S.A.; WOLCOTT, D.L.;
WOLCOTT, T.G. 2003 Evidence for sperm limitation in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus.
Bulletin of Marine Science, 72(2): 287-310.
JIANG, K.J.; ZHANG, F.Y.; PI, I.; JIANG, L.L.; YU, Z.L.; ZHANG, D.; SUN, M.M.; GAO, L.J. QIAO,
Z.G.; MA, L.B. 2014 Amino Acid, Fatty Acid, and Metal Compositions in Edible Parts of Three
Cultured Economic Crabs: Scylla paramamosain, Portunus trituberculatus, and Eriocheir sinensis.
Journal of aquatic Food Product Technology, 23(1):
73-86.
KEENAN, C.P. 1999 Aquaculture of the mud crab,Genus Scylla, past, present and future. Aciar
Proceedings, 78: 9-13.
KOVATCHEVA, N.P. 2006 Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) reproduction and
cultivation in artificial conditions in Russia. In:STEVENS, B.G. (ed.) WORKSHOP ALASKA
CRAB STOCK ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION, Kodiak, March 14-16, 2006.
Proceedings… Alaska Sea Grant College Program. p.15-22.
LI, X.; DONG, S.; LEI, Y.; LIY. 2007 The effect of stocking density of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir
sinensis on rice and crab seed yields in riceí crab culture systems. Aquaculture, 273(4): 487-493.
MAGALHíES, C. 2003 Famílias Pseudothelphusidae e Trichodactylidae. In: MELO, G.A.S. (ed.)
Manual de Identificação dos Crustacea Decapoda de Água Doce do Brasil. São Paulo, Editora Loyola.p.143-287.
MANSUR, C.B. and HEBLING, N.J. 2002 Análise comparativa entre a fecundidade de Dilocarcinus
pagei Stimpson e Sylviocarcinus australis Magalhães and Turkay (Crustacea, Decapoda, Trichodactylidae) no Pantanal do Rio Paraguai, Porto Murtinho, Mato Grosso do Sul. Revista
Brasileira de Zoologia, 19(3): 797-805.
MANSUR, C.B.; HEBLING, N.J.; SOUZA, J.A. 2005 Crescimento relativo de Dilocarcinus pagei
Stimpson, 1861 e Sylviocarcinus australis Magalhães e Turkay, 1996 (Decapoda: Trichodactylidae) no Pantanal do Rio Paraguai, Porto Murtinho - Mato Grosso do Sul. Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 31(2): 103-107.
MARSHALL, S.; WARBURTON, K.; PATERSON, B.; MANN, D. 2005 Cannibalism in juvenile blueswimmer crabs Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus,1766): effects of body size, moult stage and
refuge availability. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 90(1): 65-82.
MELO, G.A.S. 1996 Manual de Identificação dos Brachyura (caranguejos e siris) do Litoral Brasileiro.São Paulo: Editora Plêiade, FAPESP. 604p.
MIRERA, D.O. and MOKSNES, P.O. 2015 Comparative performance of wild juvenile mud crab (Scylla serrata) in different culture systems in East Africa: effect of shelter, crab size and
stocking density. Aquaculture International, 23(1):155-173.
MORAES-VALENTI, P.; MORAIS, P.A.; PRETO, B.L.; VALENTI, W.C. 2010 Effect of density on
population development in the Amazon River prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum. Aquatic
Biology, 9(3): 291-301.
NOGAMI, K.; HAMASAKI, K.; MAEDA, M.; HIRAYAMA, K. 1997 Biocontrol method in aquaculture for rearing the swimming crab larvae Portunus trituberculatus. Hydrobiologia,358(1): 291-295.
ONKEN, H. and McNAMARA, J.C. 2002 Hyperosmoregulation in the red freshwater crab
Dilocarcinus pagei (Brachyura, Trichodactylidae): structural and functional asymmetries of the
posterior gills. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205(2): 167-175.
NICHOLSON, S.; MAN, D.; FOTEDAR, R.;PATERSON, B. 2008 The effects of holding space on growth and survival of individually reared three-spot crab (Portunus sanguinolentus). Aquacultural Engineering, 39(1): 30-36.
PERSSELIN, S. 2006 Cultivation of king crab larvae at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center, Kodiak,
Alaska. In: STEVENS, B.G. (ed.) WORKSHOP ALASKA CRAB STOCK ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION, Kodiak, March 14-16,2006. Proceedings… Alaska Sea Grant CollegeProgram. p.9-13.
PINHEIRO, M.A.A. and TADDEI, F.G. 2005a Crescimento do caranguejo de água doce, Dilocarcinus pagei Stimpson (Crustacea, Brachyura, Trichodactylidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 22(3): 522-528.
PINHEIRO, M.A.A. and TADDEI, F.G. 2005b Relação peso/largura da carapaça e fator de
condição em Dilocarcinus pagei Stimpson (Crustacea, Trichodactylidae), em São José do
Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 22(4): 825-829.
QUINITIO. E.T.; DOLERES, F.; ESTEPA, P. 2011 Survival and growth of mud crab, Scylla serrata,
juveniles subjected to removal or trimming of chelipeds. Aquaculture, 318(1): 229-234.
SEMAC. 2011 RESOLUÇÃO nº 22 de 25 de agosto de 2011. Altera disposições da Resolução SEMAC
nº 3, de 28 de fevereiro de 2011 referentes í captura, transporte, estocagem, comercialização
e cultivo de iscas vivas no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Secretaria do Estado de Meio Ambiente, Planejamento, da Ciência e Tecnologia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Diário Oficial do Estado, 29 de agosto de 2011.
SILVA, U.A.T.; COTTENS, K.; VENTURA, R.;BOEGER, W.A.; OSTRENSKY, A. 2012 Different pathways in the larval development of the crab Ucides cordatus (Decapoda, Ocypodidae) and their relation with high mortality rates by the end of massive larvicultures. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 32(4): 284-288.
SOKAL, R.R. and ROHLF, F.J. 1995 Biometry. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. 877p.
SWINEY, K.M.; LONG. W.C; PERSSELIN, S.L. 2013 The effects of holding space on juvenile red king
crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815),growth and survival. Aquaculture Research, 44(7):1007-1016.
TADDEI, F.G. and HERRERA, D.R. 2010Crescimento do caranguejo Dilocarcinus pagei Stimpson, 1861 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Trichodactylidae) na Represa Barra Mansa, Mendonça, SP. Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 36(2):99-110.
VENTURA, R.; SILVA, U.A.T.; PERBICHE-NEVES, G.; OSTRENSKY, A.; BOEGER, W.A.; PIE, M.R. 2008 Larval cannibalism rates in the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) under laboratory conditions. Aquaculture Research, 39(3): 263-267.
VENTURA, R.; SILVA, U.A.T.; OSTRENSKY, A.;COTTENS, K. 2011 Intraspecific interactions in the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) during the metamorphosis and
post-metamorphosis periods under laboratory conditions. Zoologia, 28(1): 1-7.
YEO, D.J.; PETER, K.L.N.G.; CUMBERLIDGE, N.; MAGALHíES, C.; DANIELS, S.R.; CAMPOS, M.R. 2008 Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia, 595: 275-286.
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