Improved hatchery-rearing techniques for juvenile production of blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Main Authors: Mhd, Ikhwanuddin, Juariah Hafsya, Mansor, Abol-Munafi, Ambok Bolong, Shabdin, Mohd Long
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
• Subjects: SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16844/1/Improved_hatchery-rearing_techniques_for%28Abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16844/; https://www.academia.edu/2031951/

The effects of tank colour, larval stocking density, antibiotic administration and water exchange on survival and moulting of blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus, were determined. Circular 4-m3 experimental larval-rearing tanks were used in triplicate for all treatments. White, dark grey, bl...