REARING OF BARNACLE BALANUS-RETICULATUS UTINOMI LARVAE USING THE DIATOM CHAETOCEROS-WIGHAMI AS FOOD

Authors
THIYAGARAJAN V VENUGOPALAN VP SUBRAMONIAM T NAIR KVK
Citation
V. Thiyagarajan et al., REARING OF BARNACLE BALANUS-RETICULATUS UTINOMI LARVAE USING THE DIATOM CHAETOCEROS-WIGHAMI AS FOOD, Indian journal of marine sciences, 25(4), 1996, pp. 365-367
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Indian journal of marine sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
03795136
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
365 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-5136(1996)25:4<365:ROBBUL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A commonly available tropical diatom Chaetoceros wighami was tested as food for rearing the lan;ae of Balanus reticulatus Utinomi a common b arnacle foulant at Kalpakkam. The results showed that, in terms of per centage survival, C. wighami was better suited as diet, when compared to other commonly used diets such as Skeletonema costatum and Isochrys is galbana. Complete larval development took five days and the size of the larvae ranged from 231 mu m to 547 mu m.