COPEPODS OR ROTIFERS? EVALUATING THE USE OF DIFFERENT FEEDING PROTOCOLS FOR LARVAE OF ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA (Thunnus thynnus. L)

• Main Authors: Betancor, M.B., Ortega-García, Aurelio, de-la-Gándara, Fernando, Tocher, D.R., Mourente, Gabriel, Varela, José Luis
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia; Acuicultura; atún rojo; bluefin tuna; Thunnus thynnus; larval rearing; feeding protocol; copepod; rotifer; Acartia tonsa; DHA; piscivory; Las Palmas; Copepods; Rotifer
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/11442; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/313918

There are still many issues that require to be solved in larval rearing of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus; ABT) to prevent “mass-mortality” during this developmental stage. Initial data related to the feeding sequence of ABT larvae suggested that mortality observed during the first stages of...