Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures

Inconsistent seed production and climate change cause problems for the crab culture industry. This study aimed to understand the effects of different water temperatures on the physiological conditions (survival, growth, molting, shell hardening, thermal tolerance, sexual differenti...

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Main Author: Md Adib, Mohamad Nor Azra
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2021
Online Access:http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/14862
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spelling my.umt.ir-148622021-08-12T03:29:29Z Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures Md Adib, Mohamad Nor Azra Inconsistent seed production and climate change cause problems for the crab culture industry. This study aimed to understand the effects of different water temperatures on the physiological conditions (survival, growth, molting, shell hardening, thermal tolerance, sexual differentiation and fatty acids compositions), behaviour, maturation and stress of blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus. In this study, P. pelagicus from first stage of instar were cultured at three different water temperatures (24 °C, 28°C and 32 ·C). Fatty acids composition in relation to maturation and stress were examined after certain physiological changes. Molting success as well as behaviour and hardening of the carapace were analyzed using a video recording with behavioural coding software and a novel hardness scale to obtain their physiological response. Meanwhile, thermal tolerance was calculated using a dynamic method and determination of stress on crab were carried out through histological examination of gills. The results indicate that the carapace width increased directly with temperature. Conversely, duration of the intermolt period was negatively correlated with temperature. The time of crabs' molting and carapace hardening were decreased with increasing temperature. The crab movement was positively correlated with temperature. Thermal tolerance increased directly with temperature. Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFA) was the most abundant biochemical component, while Saturated Fatty Acids (SFA) represented a minor fraction of body compositions. 2021-08-12T03:29:26Z 2021-08-12T03:29:26Z 2018 Thesis http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/14862 en application/pdf application/pdf Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
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description Inconsistent seed production and climate change cause problems for the crab culture industry. This study aimed to understand the effects of different water temperatures on the physiological conditions (survival, growth, molting, shell hardening, thermal tolerance, sexual differentiation and fatty acids compositions), behaviour, maturation and stress of blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus. In this study, P. pelagicus from first stage of instar were cultured at three different water temperatures (24 °C, 28°C and 32 ·C). Fatty acids composition in relation to maturation and stress were examined after certain physiological changes. Molting success as well as behaviour and hardening of the carapace were analyzed using a video recording with behavioural coding software and a novel hardness scale to obtain their physiological response. Meanwhile, thermal tolerance was calculated using a dynamic method and determination of stress on crab were carried out through histological examination of gills. The results indicate that the carapace width increased directly with temperature. Conversely, duration of the intermolt period was negatively correlated with temperature. The time of crabs' molting and carapace hardening were decreased with increasing temperature. The crab movement was positively correlated with temperature. Thermal tolerance increased directly with temperature. Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFA) was the most abundant biochemical component, while Saturated Fatty Acids (SFA) represented a minor fraction of body compositions.
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author Md Adib, Mohamad Nor Azra
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Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures
author_facet Md Adib, Mohamad Nor Azra
author_sort Md Adib, Mohamad Nor Azra
title Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures
title_short Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures
title_full Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures
title_fullStr Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures
title_full_unstemmed Behavioural And Physiological Changes Of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus Pelagicus At Different Culture Temperatures
title_sort behavioural and physiological changes of blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus at different culture temperatures
publisher Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
publishDate 2021
url http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/14862
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