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TI Experimental evaluation of co-culture of juvenile sea cucumbers, Holothuria scabra (Jaeger), with juvenile blue shrimp, Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson)
BT 
AF PURCELL, S
   PATROIS, Jacques
   FRAISSE, N
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;
FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCOP-AQNC;3:;
C1 SPC, WorldFish Ctr, Noumea 98848, New Caledonia.
   IFREMER, Noumea, New Caledonia.
   INTECHMER, Cherbourg, France.
C2 WORLDFISH CTR, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   INTECHMER, FRANCE
SI SAINT VINCENT
SE PDG-DOP-DCOP-AQNC
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 1.051
TC 31
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1356.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Burying behaviour;Ammonia;Sandfish;Holothurian;Polyculture
AB The co-culture of juvenile sea cucumber Holothuria scabra (Jaeger), or 'sandfish', with juvenile blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson) was tested by growing groups in co-culture and monoculture for 3 weeks in tanks with enriched sand substratum. Feed was supplied on trays, accessible only to shrimp. Survival of shrimp and sandfish was high in all treatments (73-100%). Growth of shrimp did not differ between monoculture and co-culture, but sandfish grew significantly slower in co-culture (P=0.03), although their sand burying and surface foraging were apparently unaffected by shrimp (P=0.76). However, shrimp increased the levels of total ammonia-N in tanks, which related inversely with sandfish growth (P=0.04). Conversely, sandfish did not appear to lower the water quality for shrimp culture. While sandfish bioturbate sediments and eat organic deposits, the juveniles did not significantly reduce the organic content of sand in tanks. Co-culturing juveniles of the two species in earthen ponds appears feasible, with no detriment to shrimp production, presenting a cost-effective method for growing sandfish to larger sizes for restocking. These findings underpin further studies to test the viability of commercial co-culture of sandfish with blue shrimp at later stages in the production cycle of shrimp.
PY 2006
PD MAR
SO Aquaculture Research
SN 1355-557X
PU Blackwell science
VL 37
IS 5
UT 000235891000011
BP 515
EP 522
DI 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01458.x
ID 1356
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