Promotion of periphyton for white shrimp culture: towards an ecological aquaculture

Authors

  • Domenico VOLTOLINA Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Laboratorio de Estudios Ambientales UAS -  CIBNOR http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2226-822X (unauthenticated)
  • Juan Manuel AUDELO-NARANJO Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2028-8710 (unauthenticated)
  • Emilio ROMERO-BELTRÁN Instituto Nacional de Pesca, Centro Regional de Investigación Pesquera, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
  • María del Rosario PACHECO-MARGES Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Cuerpo Académico Camaronicultura y Piscicultura, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
  • Lucero LÓPEZ-VALENZUELA Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Cuerpo Académico Camaronicultura y Piscicultura, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

Keywords:

biofilm, artificial substrates, water quality, growth, Litopenaeus vannamei

Abstract

The aim of this work was to determine the individual growth and survival of Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles (mean wet weight 3.5 ± 0.3 g) kept during 38 days in 1 m3 cylindrical tanks added with 7.1 m2 of artificial substrate at densities between 8-32 organisms m-2. There were no water exchanges, and the only food source was the periphyton growing on the artificial substrates. The final mean weight and survival in the two low-density systems (8 and 16 organisms m-2) were 6.4 g and 91.4-93.2%, significantly higher (P<0.05) than the 4.3-4.8 g and 64.1-65.6% obtained in the two high density systems. Water quality remained within acceptable limits throughout the experiment, indicating that periphyton-based culture in low density closed systems is an environment-friendly and sustainable technique for L. vannamei production.

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Published

2018-11-12

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (2013): BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA

Section

Short Communication