Increasing cyst yields in Artemia culture ponds in Vietnam: the multicycle system
Baert, P.; Anh, N.T.N.; Quynh, V.D.; Hoa, N.V.; Sorgeloos, P. (1997). Increasing cyst yields in Artemia culture ponds in Vietnam: the multicycle system. Aquac. Res. 28: 809-814 In: Aquaculture Research. Blackwell: Oxford. ISSN 1355-557X; e-ISSN 1365-2109, more |  |
| Keywords | Aquaculture techniques > Pond culture
Cysts
Artemia Leach, 1819 [WoRMS]
Brackish water |
| Authors | | Top | - Baert, P.
- Anh, N.T.N.
- Quynh, V.D.
| - Hoa, N.V.
- Sorgeloos, P., more
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| Abstract | In this study, one-cycle and multi-cycle culture systems for Artemia in seasonal salt ponds are compared. In one-cycle systems, Artemia is inoculated only once per season, while in multi-cycle systems ponds are drained and re-stocked several times per season. In Vietnam, three-cycle systems gave significantly higher cyst yields than did the one-cycle system. However, after two cycles, systems were not significantly different. Food limitation probably caused the steady decline in cyst yields, as observed in the one-cycle ponds. In these ponds, females have smaller broods (from the second cycle onwards) and during the last cycle the number of adult females is lower than in multi-cycle ponds. |
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