The Effects of Ecological Factors of Salinity and Temperature on Intensive Culture of Acartia tonsa from the Caspian Sea

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 1 MSc of Aquaculture, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran

2 2 Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran

3 3 Assistant Professor, Iranian Fisheries Research Organization Ecological Research Caspian Sea, Sari, Iran

Abstract

The present study carried out an in vitro experiment on effects of salinity and temperature on Acartia tonsa life cycle from Caspian Sea. During the experiment, temperature and salinity ranged 25, 27, 29 ± 1 °C and 12‰ and 17‰, respectively within a period of 60 days. Spawning rate was measured using mesh size of 100 µ planktonic net from surface to 10 m depth. Early results show that nauplii arrive to adult stage during 8-10 days. Significant differences in nauplii and copepodites stage were found also in different salinities and temperatures. High survival and spawning rate were also found in 17 ‰ and 29 °C (P < 0.05). Our investigations showed that in in vitro reproduction of A. tonsa in the Caspian Sea water with 1-8 eggs per each female may be feasible compared to 17-50 eggs in natural conditions.

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