Laboratory cultivation and experimental studies of salinity effects on larval development in the African River prawnMacrobrachiumvollenhovenii(Decapoda, Palaemonidae)

Willführ-Nast, J.; Rosenthal, H.; Udo, Paul J.; Nast, Friedrich

doi:10.1051/alr:1993012

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“…The overall survival rate from hatch till metamorphosis was very low (0.08%), similar to likely rates in the wild of <0.1% (Bagenal 1967; Jennings et al 2006), and dependant on temperature, salinity, food availability and development/settlement cues (Willführ-Nast et al 1993; Anger 2001). In crustacean species for which larviculture techniques are being developed, larval survival rates in early trials are not much better than those inferred for wild larvae.…”

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“…The primary feed used for most other species including M. rosenbergii (Ling 1961, 1962; Uno and Kwon 1969), M. vollenhovenii (Willführ-Nast et al 1993), M. carcinus (Choudhury 1971b, 1971c), M. novaehollandiae (Greenwood et al 1976), M. americanum (Monaco 1975; Holtschmit and Pfeiler 1984), M. equidens (Ngoc-Ho 1976) and M. acanthurus (Choudhury 1970, 1971a) is the nauplii of Artemia spp. If larval M. lar are proven to show a preference for plant-based feeds, this may imply lower feed-associated costs as they are generally cheaper to obtain.…”

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“…assessed for culture potential are varied. Survival till metamorphosis was 12% for M. vollenhovenii (Willführ-Nast et al 1993), 21% and 2.5% for M. acanthurus and M. carcinus respectively (Dobkin et al 1974), 9% for M. acanthurus (Choudhury 1971a), >90% for M. amazonicum (Anger et al 2009), 20% for M. americanum (Holtschmit and Pfeiler 1984) and ~59% for M. nipponense (MacLean and Brown 1991). It is difficult to compare these rates with those of M. lar in this study, as some of the species do not have larvae which require fully marine conditions for development.…”

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“…whose larviculture has been investigated is provided in Shokita (1985) and Willführ-Nast et al (1993). Among species which exhibit the typical or prolonged/normal type of development, there are comparatively few which like M. lar , require oceanic salinities for successful development.…”

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Complete larval development of the Monkey River Prawn Macrobrachium lar (Palaemonidae) using a novel greenwater technique

2014

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This study documents the complete larval development of the Monkey River Prawn Macrobrachium lar using a new greenwater rearing technique. Approximately 6,000 larvae were reared for 110 days at an initial stocking density of 1 ind./6 L. Salinity at hatch was 10 ± 2 ppt and progressively increased to 30 ± 2 ppt until decapodids had metamorphosed. Temperature was maintained at 28 ± 0.5°C, pH at 7.8 ± 0.2, DO2 > 6.5 mg/L and NH4+ and NH3 ≤ 1.5 and ≤0.1 ppm respectively throughout the culture period. Larval development was extended and occurred through 13 zoeal stages, with the first decapodid measuring 6.2 ± 0.63 mm in total length observed after 77 days. 5 decapodids in total were produced, and overall survival to this stage was 0.08%. Overall, the pattern of larval growth shares similarities with those of other Macrobrachium spp. that have a prolonged/normal type of development, and it is likely that larvae underwent mark time moulting which contributed to the lengthened development duration. While this study represents a significant breakthrough in efforts to domesticate M. lar, improvement of larval survival rates and decreased time till metamorphosis are required before it can become fully viable for commercial scale aquaculture.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-568) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Complete larval development of the Monkey River Prawn Macrobrachium lar (Palaemonidae) using a novel greenwater technique

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“…Due to its large size (specimens of 19 cm have been recorded in samples (Nwosu, 2000). Willführ-Nast et al (1993) has recom-mended this species for aquaculture cultivation, as an African equivalent of the now widely cultured M. rosenbergii (FAO, 2000). Though freshwater organism, the larvae of this species require brackish water for survival and early development (New & Singholka, 1985).…”

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Population dynamics of the Giant African River prawn Macrobrachium vollenhovenii Herklots 1857 (Crustacea, Palaemonidae) in the Cross River Estuary, Nigeria

Nwosu¹,

Wolfi²

2009

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

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Growth, mortality, recruitment, yield-per-recruit and present rate of exploitation of the African river prawn Macrobrachium vollenhovenii were studied in the Cross River Estuary, Nigeria. The research was based on length-frequency data collected between January 1997 and June 1998, and FAO-ICLARM Software (FiSAT) routine runs. Growth parameters obtained from the seasonalized von Bertalanffy growth function were L∞ 213.63 and 198.99 mm, K = 1.24/year and 1.24/year; C = 0.95 and 0.95; WP = 0.6 and 0.45, for M. vollenovenii males and females, respectively. Using the seasonalized length-converted catch curves, the instantaneous rate of total mortality Z was estimated as 3.93/year and 6.85/year for males and females. Natural mortality M, fishing mortality F, and exploitation rate E of both sexes were 2.21/year and 2.27/year, 1.72/year and 4.58/year, and 0.44 and 0.67, respectively. The length at first capture L c estimated from the probability of capture routine was 44.25 mm and 73.41 mm for males and females. One recruitment peak was observed for males, and two of unequal strength for females. Length-weight relationship gave 'b' values of 3.483 and 3.329 for males and females, respectively. The relative yield-per-recruit analysis predicted maximum exploitation rates (E max ) of 0.42 and 0.47 as against current exploitation rates of 0.44 and 0.67 for males and females and suggest that only female M. vollenhovenii are being over-exploited. Hence, it is proposed that fishing on females during the reproductive season is reduced, and that the return of egg-bearing females into the waters is enforced.

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Culture of other Prawn Species

Kutty¹,

Herman²,

Menn³

2000

Freshwater Prawn Culture

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Laboratory cultivation and experimental studies of salinity effects on larval development in the African River prawnMacrobrachiumvollenhovenii(Decapoda, Palaemonidae)

Cited by 30 publications

References 28 publications

Complete larval development of the Monkey River Prawn Macrobrachium lar (Palaemonidae) using a novel greenwater technique

Complete larval development of the Monkey River Prawn Macrobrachium lar (Palaemonidae) using a novel greenwater technique

Population dynamics of the Giant African River prawn <i>Macrobrachium vollenhovenii</i> Herklots 1857 (Crustacea, Palaemonidae) in the Cross River Estuary, Nigeria

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