Histological evaluation of the elimination of Artemia nauplii from larval rearing protocols on the digestive system ontogeny of shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa L.)》.pdfVIP

Aquaculture 286 (2009) 45–52 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Aquaculture jour nal homepage: www. / locate/aqua-online Histological evaluation of the elimination of Artemia nauplii from larval rearing protocols on the digestive system ontogeny of shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa L.) Ioannis E. Papadakis a, Mario M. Zaiss a,b, Yiannos Kyriakou c, Georgios Georgiou c, Pascal Divanach a, Constantinos C. Mylonas a,⁎ a Institute of Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Research, P.O. Box 2214, Iraklion, Crete 71003, Greece b University of Heidelberg, Department of Zoology, INF 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany c Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, 101 Bethlehem Str., 1416 Nicosia, Cyprus a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The influence of the absence of Artemia nauplii from larval diet protocols on growth and digestive system Received 20 March 2008 ontogeny was studied using histological techniques in the shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa). One group of larvae Received in revised form 27 August 2008 was reared using the standard intensive rearing protocol, which offers a combination of enriched rotifers Accepted 29 August 2008 (Brachionus plicatilis ), Artemia spp. nauplii and artificial diet (Std-group). Another group was reared using the same protocol, but without the offering of Artemia nauplii (group No-Artemia). The ontogenesis of the Keywords: Umbrina