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Water quality and growth of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in co-culture with green seaweed Ulva lactuca (Linaeus) in intensive system

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An indoor trial was conducted for 28 days to evaluate the effects and interactions of biofloc and seaweed Ulva lactuca in water quality and growth of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in intensive system. L. vannamei (4.54 ± 0.09 g) were stocked in experimental tanks at a density 132 shrimp m−2 (566 shrimp m−3) and the U. lactuca was stocked at a density 0.46 kg m−2 (2.0 kg m−3). Biofloc with seaweed (BF-S) significantly reduced (P < 0.05) total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) by 25.9 %, nitrite–nitrogen (NO2–N) by 72.8 %, phosphate (PO 34 -P) by 24.6 %, and total suspended solids by 12.9 % in the water and significantly increased (P < 0.05) settleable solids by 34.2 % and final weight of shrimp by 6.9 % as compared to biofloc without seaweed. The BF-S can contribute by reducing nitrogen compounds (TAN and NO2–N), phosphate (PO 34 -P), and total suspended solids in water and increased final weight of shrimp.

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Abbreviations

LCM:

Marine Shrimp Laboratory

TAN:

Total ammonia nitrogen

NO2–N:

Nitrite–nitrogen

PO 34 –P:

Phosphate

TSS:

Total suspended solids

SGR:

Specific growth rate

FCR:

Feed conversion ratio

BF-S:

Biofloc with seaweed

BF-WS:

Biofloc without seaweed

WBF-S:

Without biofloc with seaweed

WBF-WS:

Without biofloc and without seaweed

SS:

Settleable solids

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The authors are grateful to Walter Seiffert and Leila Hayashi (LCM, UFSC, Brazil) for their contributions to this study. The authors are also grateful for the financial support provided by Coordination for the Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education (CAPES) and by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Alfredo Olivera and Luis Vinatea are CNPq research fellows.

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    Luis Otavio Brito

  2. Laboratório de Camarões Marinhos (LCM), Departamento de Aquicultura, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Beco dos Coroas, Barra da Lagoa, Florianópolis, SC, 88062-601, Brazil

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Brito, L.O., Arantes, R., Magnotti, C. et al. Water quality and growth of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in co-culture with green seaweed Ulva lactuca (Linaeus) in intensive system. Aquacult Int 22, 497–508 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-013-9659-0

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