The effects of dietary supplements of polyunsaturated fatty acid on pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera L., gonad composition and reproductive output.

• Main Authors: Ehteshami, Fariborz, Christianus, Annie, Rameshi, Hossein, Harmin, Sharr Azni, Saad, Che Roos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23714/1/The%20effects%20of%20dietary%20supplements%20of%20polyunsaturated%20fatty%20acid%20on%20pearl%20oyster.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23714/

Black-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera broodstock was collected from the wild. Egg production, hatching rate and larval development were compared between oysters induced to spawn within 2 days after collection in the wild (T1), oysters fed a pure microalgae diet during 24 days before spawnin...