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dc.contributor.authorPawar, H.B.
dc.contributor.authorSanaye, S.V.
dc.contributor.authorMurugan, A.
dc.contributor.authorSreepada, R.A.
dc.contributor.authorTanu
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-29T06:30:06Z
dc.date.available2011-09-29T06:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationIsraeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, vol.63; 2011; IIC:63.2011.621, 6pp
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3924
dc.description.abstractThis communication reports the results of an experiment conducted to see if background tank color affects the growth and survival of juvenile H. kuda. Juveniles were reared from 0 to 21 days after birth (DAB) in one of six tank colors: green, blue, red, or black (dark backgrounds), yellow or transparent (light backgrounds). Growth and survival were significantly higher in the dark backgrounds than in the light (p<0.05). At 21 DAB, the maximum juvenile growth (34.58 + or -1.15 mm, 55.43 + or -6.71 mg) and survival (70%) were obtained in the red, blue, and green backgrounds. The order of growth increment and percent survival at DAB 21 was red > green > blue > black > yellow > transparent and blue > green > red > black > yellow > transparent, respectively. Ingestion of the air-bubble accounted for 65% of the total mortality in all backgrounds and occurred more often in light backgrounds. Juveniles reared in blue and red backgrounds reached a settlement phase on 17 DAB; those raised in the transparent tanks reached this stage at 21 DAB. In conclusion, a carefully chosen background can optimize growth and survival during the pelagic phase of juvenile H. kuda.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Society of Israeli Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology
dc.rightsThe IJA appears exclusively as a peer-reviewed on-line open access journal at http://www.siamb.org.il Sale of IJA papers is strictly forbidden.
dc.subjectaquaculture
dc.subjectjuveniles
dc.subjectecosystem management
dc.subjectHippocampus kuda
dc.titleEffect of background color of tanks on growth and survival of juvenile Yellow Seahorse, Hippocampus kuda (Bleeker 1852), in the pelagic phase
dc.typeJournal Article


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