The aim of this course is to provide knowledge on practical applications of live food in marine fish larviculture. This is mainly achieved by a number of practical classes and hands-on exercises, related to the laboratory culture of fish larvae and the use of live food.
Contents
- Design and practical application of a larval fish feeding regime; assessment of fish larval performance
- Quality control in live food commercial products, especially Artemia cysts
- Methodologies for practical application of Artemia in hatcheries
- Design and practical application of rotifer laboratory cultures
Prerrequisitos
General biology, chemistry, biochemistry and basic knowledge on aquaculture
Resultados del aprendizaje
- The student is able to apply practical techniques related to the use of Artemia in larviculture (such as cyst decapsulation, nauplius enrichment, cyst quality control) and can report about them.
- The student is able to run a rotifer batch culture and has insight into rotifer recirculation production systems, and can report about this.
- The student is able to run a larval fish culture at laboratory scale, including aspects such as supply of artificial and live food (calculation of needed amounts of artificial and live food), zootechnical aspects including maintenance of recirculation system, analysis of parameters related to fish larval growth, and is able to report about this in a written report in the format of a scientific paper.
Archivos/Documentos
Categorías CINE (ISCED)
Biología
Biotecnología
Ecología
Acuacultura