Research Article

The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System

Volume: 7 Number: 2 December 25, 2024
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The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System

Abstract

In this study, the growth and survival of H. gammarus larvae and juveniles were investigated in two different consecutive trials. In the first trial, newly hatched lobster larvae were raised in 100 liter cylindro-conical tanks in triplicate. Each tank was stocked with 150 lobster larvae (a total of 450 larvae) and the growth and survival of larvae at the end of stage IV were determined. In the second trial, the growth and survival of juvenile lobsters fed on three different diets were determined for a period of 102 days using an integrated recirculating system with 10% daily water renewal. For this purpose, a total of 3 different diets including a mollusk based (M), a crustacean based (C) and a commercial seabass diet (L) were prepared. A total of 135 juvenile lobsters, 45 for each treatment were used for the juvenile growth trial. At the end of the larval growth experiment, the mean carapace and total length of Stage IV larvae were 5.255±0.052 mm and 13.027±0.486 mm, respectively, with no significant differences within tanks (p>0.05) and the mean survival rate of lobsters was 13.11%. In the juvenile growth trial, the highest carapace length was 1.371±0.023 cm in treatment C, followed by 1.251±0.039 cm and 1.187±0.095 cm in treatment M and L, respectively. At the end of 102 days, the mean survival rates of juvenile lobsters were %98.7, %80 and %53.3 in treatments C, M and L, respectively. The most successful diet for juvenile lobsters, with respect to growth and survival, was the crustacean based diet. The findings of this study provide information to help improve the growth and survival rates of larval and juvenile H. gammarus in captivity.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Shellfish Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 25, 2024

Submission Date

September 25, 2024

Acceptance Date

November 21, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Osman, E., & Önal, U. (2024). The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, 7(2), 154-160. https://doi.org/10.46384/jmsf.1555887
AMA
1.Osman E, Önal U. The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System. JMSF. 2024;7(2):154-160. doi:10.46384/jmsf.1555887
Chicago
Osman, Enes, and Umur Önal. 2024. “The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus Gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System”. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries 7 (2): 154-60. https://doi.org/10.46384/jmsf.1555887.
EndNote
Osman E, Önal U (December 1, 2024) The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries 7 2 154–160.
IEEE
[1]E. Osman and U. Önal, “The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System”, JMSF, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 154–160, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.46384/jmsf.1555887.
ISNAD
Osman, Enes - Önal, Umur. “The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus Gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System”. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries 7/2 (December 1, 2024): 154-160. https://doi.org/10.46384/jmsf.1555887.
JAMA
1.Osman E, Önal U. The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System. JMSF. 2024;7:154–160.
MLA
Osman, Enes, and Umur Önal. “The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus Gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System”. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 154-60, doi:10.46384/jmsf.1555887.
Vancouver
1.Enes Osman, Umur Önal. The Growth and Survival of the European Lobster (Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Larvae and Juveniles in a Recirculating System. JMSF. 2024 Dec. 1;7(2):154-60. doi:10.46384/jmsf.1555887