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Establishing the most productive stocking densities for each stage of a multi-phase shrimp culture in BFT system

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The present study aims to define the stocking density limits for each stage of Litopenaeus vannamei culture, considering that the system’s carrying capacity is able to maintain the water quality parameters at desired levels. This study was divided into four phases according to the size: phase 1, shrimp were stocked with initial weight of 0.002 g; phase 2, initial weight of 1.04 g; phase 3, initial weight of 6.09 g; and phase 4, initial weight of 12.51 g. Each phase lasted for 40 days, and the treatments applied were the different stocking densities. All stages were cultured in biofloc technology system (BFT). The results demonstrate that the shrimp stocking density affects the productive parameters, such as final weight, survival, apparent FCR, and yields for all the different phases. In addition, using a quadratic regression, the maximum stocking density for each tested phase was estimated. Also, the present study revealed that even with the ideal water quality parameters, the production was limited by the carrying capacity, which reached, e.g., 14 kg.m− 3 at phase 4.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES). W. Wasielesky Jr. and L. Poersch are researches fellow of the CNPq. Special thanks to GUABI Animal Nutrition and Health S.A. for donating the experimental commercial diets and Trevisan Equipamentos Agro-Industriais LTDA. for donating the experimental aeration systems.

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    Lucas Genésio Pereira da Silveira, Dariano Krummenauer, Charles Fróes, Adriana da Silva, Luís Henrique Poersch, Geraldo Fóes & Wilson Wasielesky Jr

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da Silveira, L.G.P., Rosas, V.T., Krummenauer, D. et al. Establishing the most productive stocking densities for each stage of a multi-phase shrimp culture in BFT system. Aquacult Int 30, 1889–1903 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-022-00879-7

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