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Influence of different microalgal diets on gonadal development of the carpet shell clam Ruditapes decussatus broodstock

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Studies considering broodstock conditioning of Ruditapes decussatus mostly used flagellates and diatoms for feeding, mainly Isochrysis galbana and Chaetoceros calcitrans, respectively. The present study evaluated the effect of different microalgal diets on gonadic maturation of R. decussatus including three microalgae species (C. calcitrans, Tetraselmis suecica, and Nannochloropsis oculata) which were used to prepare six diets: three monospecific and three bispecific mixed diets at a proportion of 1:1. Clams were daily fed at a ratio of 1% dry weight of algae/live weight of clam and unfed treatment was used as control. Results showed that clams fed C. calcitrans alone or mixed with T. suecica attained earlier full maturity with the highest response to spawning induction (after 34 conditioning days) and largest proportion in the partial spawning phase for both, followed by T. suecica alone after 48 days. In contrast, N. oculata alone or mixed diets demonstrated poor performance for gonadal maturation. Unfed treatment did not show any sign of maturation. The results indicated that T. suecica has high conditioning potential like C. calcitrans and their mixture gave the highest benefit. Therefore, T. suecica can be recommended for R. decussatus broodstock conditioning.

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The authors would like to thank the Science and Technology Development fund (STDF), Egypt, for funding the current research through the US-Egypt project # 1971 entitled “Biomarker Assisted Selection for Disease-Resistance in Clams for Establishing Egyptian and Improving American Bivalve Aquaculture”. Special thanks to Prof. Somaya Mahfouz, Head of Invertebrates Laboratory, Aquaculture Division, for her continuous encouragement and support throughout the project duration.

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  1. Aquaculture Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, El Ahyaa district, Hurghada, Red Sea, 84515, Egypt

    Ahmed S. A. Abbas

  2. Aquaculture Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Qaiyet-Bay, El-Anfoushi, Alexandria, 21556, Egypt

    Eman El-Wazzan, Amal R. Khafage & Fatma A. Abdel Razek

  3. Oceanography Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Qaiyet-Bay, El-Anfoushi, Alexandria, 21556, Egypt

    Abdel-Fattah M. El-Sayed

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Abbas, A.S.A., El-Wazzan, E., Khafage, A.R. et al. Influence of different microalgal diets on gonadal development of the carpet shell clam Ruditapes decussatus broodstock. Aquacult Int 26, 1297–1309 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-018-0284-9

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