虾蟹育苗的藻饵料培养

对虾和蟹,肉鲜味美,营养价值高,是人们所喜爱的海珍品。我国对虾养殖面积达100多万亩。对虾属我国有10余种,人工养殖的种类主要有：东方对虾、斑节对虾、墨吉对虾、日本对虾及长毛对虾等。虾生长较快,寿命短,正龄便开始繁殖后代。从受精卵孵化形成的幼体到初具虾形的仔虾要经过无节幼体、蚤状幼体和糠虾游体等几个发育阶段。无节幼体是不摄食的,靠卵黄营养自已,到蚤状幼体才开始摄食微小的藻类植物。蟹如以人工养殖的锯缘青蟹为例,它的发育过程没有对虾那么复杂,受精的卵孵化成蚤状幼体时,离开母体在水中浮游生活,经过几个时期…     

盐度对海蛰各发育阶段幼体的影响——兼论辽东湾海蜇资源锐减的原因

在室内控制条件下,盐度为2—31.42‰范围内,本文就盐度对海蜇(Rhopilema esculenta Kishinouye)浮浪幼虫、螅状幼体、碟状幼体和幼水母的生长、发育、变态及成活的影响进行实验研究,发现浮浪幼虫生存的盐度下限为12‰;螅状幼体生存的盐度下限为10‰;最适盐度范围为14—20‰;碟状幼体生存的盐度下限为8‰,最适盐度范围为14—20‰;幼水母生存的盐度下限为8‰。 作者根据近15年辽东湾北部主要河流的淡水注入量,海蜇产量及本实验数据,结合辽东湾曾出现过三次大减产现象分析,认为前一年夏、秋季海蜇生殖季节河流淡水注入量过多,使河口附近海蜇浮浪幼虫和螅状幼体的栖息水域盐度聚降,导致浮浪幼虫和螅状幼体毁灭性死亡,是造成海蜇资源锐减的主要原因。作者并提出采取人工培育螅状幼体,选择合适水域进行放流以补充海蜇资源,是海蜇渔业稳定和增产的主要途径。     

马氏沼虾蚤状幼体发育特征及其与罗氏沼虾幼体的形态差异

马氏沼虾(Macrobrachium malcolmsonii)的幼体从孵化到变态为幼虾要经过多次蜕皮,每次蜕皮均伴随形态及附肢特征的改变。采用显微观测摄像法对马氏沼虾Z1-Z12各期幼体样本30尾进行了观察,测量结果表明Z2与Z1在复眼上存在较大差异,Z3与Z2、Z4与Z5的主要分期特征均位于尾节上,Z6的腹部出现腹足萌芽,Z7与Z8的形态差异在于第一触角内鞭和外鞭的附肢变化,判别Z9-Z12的主要分期依据为步足、腹足和额角形态。因此通过观察Z1-Z12幼体第1触角上的内鞭和外鞭,第2触角上的触角鞭和触角片,头胸甲上的额角、背刺、复眼和第1、2对步足,腹部的附肢、尾节和尾扇等形态变化,及测定各期幼体附肢的分节数和刚毛数等可量性状上的差异,可为马氏沼虾蚤状幼体分期提供生物学依据;此外还对马氏沼虾与罗氏沼虾幼体的形态差异进行了比较,通过测定幼体触角鞭的分节数量,为两种沼虾幼体之间的鉴别提供参考数据。       

IC-ELISA方法检测中国明对虾幼体卵黄蛋白含量变化

卵黄蛋白(Vitellin,Vn)是虾卵黄的主要成分,是胚胎和幼体发育的重要营养源.本实验测定和比较了中国明对虾卵及无节幼体期间Vn的含量;探讨了Vn含量的变化对无节幼体发育的影响,为对虾的幼体发育和饵料研究提供r理论依据.     

1997年期刊目录索引选(动物部分)(五)

１无脊椎动物遗传（染色体、同功酶）、形态、分类、寄生虫等有机污染对中国对虾体内外环境影响的研究丁美丽林林李光友等海洋与湖沼１９９７，２８（１）：７～１２不同光周期条件下罗氏沼虾幼体摄食量及发育的研究林小涛海洋与湖沼１９９７，２８（１）：１３～２０一种...     

对虾幼体的藻类饵料

浮游藻类植物含有丰富的蛋白质、脂肪和糖类,还含有氨基酸、维生素、微量金属元素等营养成分,能为对虾幼体从蚤状期到糠虾期的生长发育提供较全面的营养保障。从本世纪三十年代开始,人们在从事对虾人工产卵孵化育苗的试验工作中,遭受无数次的挫折与失败,大凡成功的例子,无不重视饵料的选择。经验告诉我们,藻类饵料是对虾幼体生长发育必不可少的。到七十年代,人们普遍采纳以藻类植物喂养对虾幼体这一生产模式,使对虾人工育苗成活率大幅度提高,从而推动了对虾养殖业的发展。目前,有几十种海洋浮游藻类被人们分离提纯,进行保种培养…     

海蜇-对虾-蛤仔综合养殖池塘的食物网

为了研究海蜇-对虾(中国明对虾、斑节对虾)-菲律宾蛤仔海水综合养殖池塘养殖生物的食性、营养级和池塘食物网结构,在2017年5—9月的养殖周期内,采集并检测池塘内各种饵料和4种养殖生物的碳、氮稳定同位素比值(δ¹³C、δ¹⁵N),并运用IsoSource线性混合模型分析了海蜇、中国明对虾、斑节对虾和菲律宾蛤仔的食物来源。结果表明: 海蜇的主要食物来源为浮游动物;中国明对虾和斑节对虾的主要食物来源为投喂的鯷鱼;菲律宾蛤仔的主要食物来源为浮游植物、底栖硅藻和对虾粪便。综合养殖池塘中菲律宾蛤仔的营养级范围为2.64～2.95,平均值为2.84;海蜇的营养级范围为2.78～3.27,平均值为3.06;斑节对虾的营养级范围为3.03～3.54,平均值为3.25;中国明对虾的营养级范围为3.76～4.40,平均值为3.95。在综合养殖池塘中,菲律宾蛤仔为初级消费者,海蜇为次级消费者,中国明对虾和斑节对虾为捕食者;菲律宾蛤仔在滤食两种对虾粪便的同时一定程度上改善了养殖池塘的水质。     

温度对海蜇横裂生殖的影响

横裂生殖(strobilafion)是大多数钵水母(Scyphomedusac)特有的一种无性繁殖方式,指螅状幼体经分节(segmentation)和变态(metamorphosis)两个紧密联系的发育阶段产生碟状幼体的全过程(Spangenberg,1965)。海蜇(Rhopilema esculenta Kishinouye)生活史多次变态过程中,横裂生殖是一个重要环节(丁耕芜、陈介康,1981);就经济意义而言,人类食用的是海蜇水母型成体,只有通过横裂生殖才能产生实质为幼水母的碟状幼体。因此,阐明海蜇横裂生殖的诱导和抑制条件,无论对发育生物学研究,或以人工手段培育出大量海蜇幼水母用于水产增殖实践都具有重要意义。     

不同温度对脊尾白虾胚胎发育与幼体变态存活的影响

选用实验室内人工控制交尾的脊尾白虾,研究了不同温度对脊尾白虾胚胎发育及幼体变态、存活的影响。结果表明,在盐度为31的条件下,脊尾白虾胚胎发育的生物学零度为12.18℃,有效积温为3828.27℃.h。在15.3—28.1℃范围内,胚胎发育时间随着温度升高而呈双曲线性缩短,而胚胎发育速度随着温度的升高而呈直线性加快,但当温度超过30℃时,胚胎无法正常完成发育。脊尾白虾幼体变态发育速度随着温度的升高而加快,18、20、22、24、26、28℃各实验组开始出现仔虾的时间依次为17、14、11、9、8和8 d,各组90%以上幼体变态为仔虾的时间依次为21、18、15、14、11和11 d。各实验组在幼体变态过程中存活率都呈明显的阶梯式下降趋势,且28℃组的存活率下降最快,但当存活幼体全部变为仔虾时,各实验组间的存活率并无显著性差异(P>0.05)。18℃组仔虾干质量明显高于其它各组(P<0.05),28℃组仔虾干质量最低,但与20、22、24、26℃组无显著性差异(P>0.05)。因此在脊尾白虾育苗中,幼体孵化温度不应低于12℃,最高不超过28℃为宜;幼体培育温度,建议控制在22—26℃为最佳。     

狭额绒螯蟹的幼体发育

在水温18—20℃、盐度18‰—20‰、光照度200～600Ix的条件下,狭颚绒鳌蟹幼体发育经5个溞状幼体和1个大眼幼体期。从幼体出膜到大眼幼体出现历时15d、到仔蟹出现需23d。狭颚绒鳌蟹和中华绒鳌蟹的第一期溞状幼体可从第2触角的外肢、腹部侧刺数加以区别;两大眼幼体可从额角形状、第2—4胸足指节、腹肢外肢刚毛数及尾节刚毛着生情况进行区分。     

Planktonic cnidarian distribution and feeding of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pelagia noctiluca</Emphasis> in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Pelagic cnidarians are important consumers of zooplankton and ichthyoplankton in the world’s oceans, and thus harm fisheries as competitors and predators of fish. This study examined the inshore-offshore distribution of pelagic cnidarians and the trophic ecology of Pelagia noctiluca ephyrae (<12 mm diameter) and larger medusae in late spring 1995 in the NW Mediterranean Sea. The distribution of pelagic cnidarians was closely related to the presence of the shelf-slope front with most species mainly concentrated close to the front. Meroplanktonic antho- and leptomedusae predominated in coastal waters and more holoplanktonic trachy- and narcomedusae occurred both in shelf and open sea waters. P. noctiluca was more abundant than other medusae, including hydromedusae. Siphonophores, particularly Muggiaea atlantica, outnumbered medusae at most stations. The diet of P. noctiluca ephyrae contained mainly copepods, but ~12% of the prey were fish larvae. P. noctiluca exhibited positive prey selection for chaetognaths and mollusc larvae in day and night samples, but fish larvae were positively selected only at night. These differences may be related to the diel vertical distributions of P. noctiluca and their prey. Most of the ingested fish larvae belonged to the family Myctophidae, but anchovy and sparid larvae also were found in the gastric pouches. The size of ingested fish larvae increased as ephyra diameter increased; however, in the larger medusae (>12 mm) the number of prey increased with medusa size rather than the size of the larvae. The temporal and spatial co-occurrence of P. noctiluca with early life stages of fish suggests that P. noctiluca may be an important predator on summer ichthyoplankton.     

A method for in situ estimation of prey selectivity and predation rate in large plankton, exemplified with the jellyfish Aurelia aurita (L.)

A method to estimate predation rates of large predatory zooplankton, such as jellyfish and ctenophores, is outlined. Large plankton size allows direct visual tracking of the predator during the process of foraging. The presented method is novel in the sense that it measures predation rate of a specific individual plankton predator in situ.After prey has been evacuated from the gut of an individual predator, the predator is incubated in situ, and observed by SCUBA-divers who recapture the individual after a defined time. Given that this incubation time is shorter than prey digestion time, predation rate can be calculated as increase in gut content over time. Clearance rates for different prey can be calculated from predation rates and prey concentrations in the water, allowing accurate estimates of prey selectivity. Thus, the problem of unknown feeding history and feeding environment, which can otherwise be a problem in prey selectivity studies of in situ-captured predators, is circumvented. Benefits and limitations of the method are discussed.The method was applied to adult medusae of the common jellyfish Aurelia aurita. A large variation in number of captured prey was detected both among individual jellyfish and among the various oral arms and gastric pouches within individuals. Clearance rates varied strongly with prey type. The medusae selected large crustacean prey (cladocerans and copepods/copepodites) over echinoderm larvae and copepod nauplii. Prey distribution within the medusae indicates that both tentacles and oral arms were used as prey capturing sites. Food passage time from prey capturing organs to gastric pouches was estimated.     

Transitions in morphology, nematocyst distribution, fluid motions, and prey capture during development of the scyphomedusa Cyanea capillata

Like that of most scyphozoans, the ontogeny of Cyanea capillata medusae involves substantive alterations in feeding structures and mechanics. We used video and optical microscopy approaches to quantify these ontogenetic changes in morphology, flow, and feeding of C. capillata medusae. We found that alterations in gross morphology and nematocyst distributions coincided with a shift from prey capture on the manubrium or lappets of ephyrae (bell diameter 0.2-0.4 cm) to capture primarily on the tentacles in adult medusae (diameter >1.0 cm). These changes occurred within a hydrodynamic framework that itself changed due to medusan growth. Viscous forces were important in flows around small ephyrae (maximum Re <10(1)), whereas viscosity was less influential in the inertially dominated flows around adult medusae (Re > 10(2)). The relative timing of these events indicates that ontogenetic processes are closely synchronized with alterations in the hydrodynamic environment within which C. capillata medusae develop.     

Size-based Prey Selectivity and Dietary Shifts in the Jellyfish, Aurelia aurita

Gut content analyses on field-caught Aurelia aurita showed bothquantitative and qualitative change in diet as a function ofmedusa size. Larger medusae tended towards greater numbersand diversity of prey (up to 1550 individual prey representingas many as 13 different prey groups). We also found that medusasize was a good predictor of prey diversity recovered from themedusa gut. While a shift toward greater prey diversity inlarger medusae might be explained by increased contact rateswith 'rare' prey taxa, we also found size-based prey selectivitychanges in A. aurita. We used in situ gut content data to describeselectivity by A. aurita for three prey types representing varyingdegrees of swimming or escape velocity. Fish eggs were usedas a non-swiming prey, and small (     

Effect of prey size on vulnerability of copepods to predation by the scyphomedusae Aurelia aurita and Cyanea sp.

A growing number of studies correlate changes in zooplanktonpopulations with abundance of medusae, but we cannot yet explainor predict the specific factors driving these interactions.This study demonstrates that the size of copepods has a significantinfluence on their vulnerability to predation by scyphomedusae.This finding is important because prey size, independent ofbehavior, has been neglected in theoretical models of predationby medusae. In experiments in a planktonkreisel, we used liveand heat-killed prey (Acartia hudsonica adults and copepodites)to separate the effects of copepod size and behavior on feedingrates by two medusae (Aurelia aurita and Cyanea sp.). Resultsrevealed that: differences in copepod size had a significantimpact on feeding rates, and thus small size can provide a refugefrom predation; behavior of adults diminished the liabilityassociated with larger size; and medusae with different morphologiesingested A.hudsonica at similar rates. Other experiments demonstratedthat medusae digested copepods at different rates based on preysize and predator species, findings that have implications forall future laboratory and field studies that assess feedingby scyphomedusae. Finally, this study illustrates how laboratorystudies serve as critical supplements to field observations.The effect of prey size on feeding rates can be confounded bydifferences in prey behavior, yet explains why small copepodswere typically ingested at relatively low rates by medusae.Size was clearly a dominant factor influencing copepod vulnerabilityacross scyphomedusan species, even those with very differentmorphologies. Future work should focus on the mechanisms ofsize selection, or the factors influencing contact and retentionrates.     

Prey discrimination by a generalist coccinellid predator: effect of prey age or parasitism?

1. Patterns of prey discrimination by the generalist predatory coccinellid Coleomegilla maculata lengi Timb. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) were studied in relation to prey quality, under laboratory conditions. 2. Choice experiments were performed in which second‐ and fourth‐instar coccinellids had the choice between Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) eggs that were young or old, unparasitised or parasitised by Trichogramma evanescens Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). 3. Coleomegilla maculata larvae did not exhibit any preference for parasitised or unparasitised eggs at a similar stage of development but always preferred younger eggs, regardless of whether or not they were parasitised. Furthermore, the percentage of rejection was higher and handling time longer on the less preferred egg type. Pre‐imaginal development time, food intake to reach adulthood, and survival of coccinellid immatures were altered when coccinellid larvae were fed with parasitised and old unparasitised eggs. 4. These results indicate that C. maculata larvae select eggs based on their stage of development regardless of parasitism, and that prey quality of aged prey is lower. 5. Fourth‐instar coccinellid larvae spent less time in patches containing solely parasitised old eggs, and their level of exploitation was greatly reduced, compared with homogeneous patches containing unparasitised young eggs. This suggests that C. maculata larvae respond to variable patch quality by using flexible decision rules that reflect the payoff of the patch.     

Prey selection and diel feeding of the freshwater jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbyi

1. The diet of the invasive freshwater jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbyi (Lankester), was assessed by analysing its stomach contents. 2. The medusae ingested various zooplankton and benthic prey in the 0.1–3.0 mm size range. The selectivity indices for prey showed that larger zooplankton (0.4–1.4 mm) and active prey such as copepods were preferred; small potential prey, and the loricate rotifer Keratella cochlearis in particular, were almost never consumed. Measurements suggest that spacing between the tentacle branches could determine prey selection. Another possibility is that some prey are too small or slow to activate nematocysts after collision with the predator. Prey > 1.4 mm can probably escape or are otherwise too large to be handled. 3. The medusae of Craspedacusta medusae stayed in deep water during daytime and migrated upwards at night. The greatest number of prey in freshwater jellyfish stomachs was detected at night. 4. Calculation of consumption rates, based on mean stomach contents and digestion times of 4–5 h, showed that, on average, one medusa takes 190 zooplankton prey day^??1 at a mean prey density of about 100 L^??1. At the observed medusae density of 1 m^??3, the cropping rate was about 0.2 zooplankton prey L^??1 day^??1.     

Prey Capture Ecology of the Cubozoan Carukia barnesi

Adult Carukia barnesi medusae feed predominantly on larval fish; however, their mode of prey capture seems more complex than previously described. Our findings revealed that during light conditions, this species extends its tentacles and ‘twitches’ them frequently. This highlights the lure-like nematocyst clusters in the water column, which actively attract larval fish that are consequently stung and consumed. This fishing behavior was not observed during dark conditions, presumably to reduce energy expenditure when they are not luring visually oriented prey. We found that larger medusae have longer tentacles; however, the spacing between the nematocyst clusters is not dependent on size, suggesting that the spacing of the nematocyst clusters is important for prey capture. Additionally, larger specimens twitch their tentacles more frequently than small specimens, which correlate with their recent ontogenetic prey shift from plankton to larval fish. These results indicate that adult medusae of C. barnesi are not opportunistically grazing in the water column, but instead utilize sophisticated prey capture techniques to specifically target larval fish.     

Influence of prey density, species and developmental stages on the predatory behaviour ofAmblyseius longispinosus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

The influence of prey density, species and developmental stages on the predatory behaviour ofAmblyseius longispinosus (Evans) was studied. A 24 h exposure revealed that gravid females were more voracious compared to young females. The trends in the number of eggs and larvae consumed by each young and gravid female predator were about the same, showing an increase with density of the red and the yellow strains ofT. urticae levelling off at a prey density of 40 per predator. The highest mean number of eggs consumed in 24 h was 16.7 for the young female and 33.3 for the gravid female, and a mean high of 17 larvae in 24 h for the young female and 27.8 for the gravid female. With adult prey, however, the predators reached satiation point at a lower density of five to ten adult prey per female. In general, the response curves were adequately described by the Holling’s Type II model. Under continuous exposure for five days, a significant reduction in consumption was observed with the gravid female from the second day onwards, to a level similar to the number of eggs and larvae consumed by a young female predator.