Shelters presence effect on development of early juvenile Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda; Parastacidae)

Authors

  • María Cecilia Hernández Rubio Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. Depto. Zoología. Lab. Hidrobiología Experimental
  • Miguel de Jesús Gutiérrez-Ladrón de Guevara Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas
  • Gerardo Figueroa-Lucero Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Departamento de Hidrobiología

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcbs/hidro/2021v31n1/Hernandez

Keywords:

crayfish, growth, habitat, shelters, survival

Abstract

Background: Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) is an australian freshwater crayfish (Decapoda, Parastacidae) of great commercial importance in tropical and subtropical countries. One of the most timpor- tant aspects to increase its commercial production is to optimize growth and survival rates, wich change with developmental phase and habitat quality. Goals: Determine shelters presence effect, on growth and survival rates of early juveniles through of different shelter number per crayfish. Methods: Three densities were assayed: without shelters (T1), one shelter per individual (T2), and two shelters per individual (T3). Thirty juvenile cray fish on III development state (external feeding onset) (114.33 ± 3.5 mg) were kept in 1000 L tanks, with two replicates per treatment, at 24 °C, for 92 days. Crayfish were fed every day with commercial balanced feed (48% protein). Results: Growth rates were higher in treatments T2 and T3 (0.065 and 0.055 g d-1), both significantly different fromT1 (0.030 gd-1). In contrast, no significant difference was found among treatments in relative growth weight to length,which showed a positive allometry (b = 3.09-3.26) and final survival either (80-85%). Conclusions: Presence and number of shelters increase growth of freshwater crayfish, notably .One shelter per individual is enough to obtain early juveniles Cherax quadricarinatus with high weights and lengths.

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María Cecilia Hernández Rubio, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. Depto. Zoología. Lab. Hidrobiología Experimental

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2021-03-30

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Hernández Rubio, M. C., Gutiérrez-Ladrón de Guevara, M. de J., & Figueroa-Lucero, G. (2021). Shelters presence effect on development of early juvenile Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda; Parastacidae). HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcbs/hidro/2021v31n1/Hernandez

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