at Pennsylvania State U

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Atlantic cod larvae; DHA proportion; DHA/EPA ratio; enrichments; rotifer; atlantic cod; Rotifer
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.513.5059; http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/63/2/285.full.pdf

ow nloaded from used: spray-dried whole cells composed of Crypthecodinium sp. (ED1), spray-dried whole cells of Schizochytrium sp. (ED2), an oil emulsion (ED3) and ED1, and dried Chlorella at a 7:3 ratio by weight (ED4). The resultant rotifers contained a similar concentration of DHA (1.1e1.6 % DW), but the level of DHA differed in proportion to EPA for each enrichment, and was designated ER1e4. Twelve 30-l aquaria were used with three replicates per treat-ment. Larvae were fed with rotifers from 3 to 43 days post-hatch (dph) at 4000 prey l1. At the end of the experiment, no significant differences were found in body length and dry weight between the larvae reared on ER1 and ER2. However, larvae reared on ER3 were significantly smaller (both in length and weight) than larvae reared on ER1 and ER2. Larval survival on the ER2 treatment at 43 dph was significantly higher than on the other three treatments. Our results showed a positive effect of rotifer DHA proportions on growth and survival of cod larvae, and demonstrated that Atlantic cod larvae require a high ratio of dietary DHA to EPA.