Assessment of stress and nutritional biomarkers in cultured Octopus vulgaris paralarvae: Effects of geographical origin and dietary regime

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Garrido, Diego, Varo, Inma, Morales, Amalia E, Hidalgo, M Carmen, Navarro, Juan Carlos, Hontoria, Francisco, Monroig, Oscar, Iglesias, Jose, Otero, Juan J, Estevez, Alicia, Perez, Josu, Martin, M Virginia, Rodriguez, Covadonga, Almansa, Eduardo, Cardenete, Gabriel
• Other Authors: Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal, Universidad de Granada, Spain, Complex Systems - LEGACY, IRTA, University of La Laguna, orcid:0000-0001-8712-0440
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Antioxidant defences; Geographical origin; Heat shock protein; Marine phospholipids; Nucleic acid ratios; Octopus vulgaris paralarvae; Tarragona; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24570; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.11.023; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/24570/1/Garrido%20et%20al%20AQUACULTURE%202016%20%282%29.pdf

The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a promising species for aquaculture diversification, but massive mortality during the first life-cycle stages (paralarvae) is the main bottleneck for its commercial production in captivity. The aim of this study was to assess stress and nutritional condition...