Aynur Hindioglu, Sukran Cakli, Serpil Serdar, H. Duyar
Abstract:
Rotifera (Brachionus plicatilis O.F. Muller 1758) are very important for feeding of marine fish larvae as gilthead seabream, seabass, red seabream and turbot and crustacean larvae as shrimp, lobster and crab. Larvae take Rotifera as first feed after yolk absorption. These Rotifera must have high nutritional value because it is very important for better growth and higher survival value if it is enriched before feeding to larvae. In this study, Rotifera were enriched using three species of phytoplankton (Chlorella sp, Tetraselmis suecica, Dunaliella tertiolecta), Selco and mixed diet with 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 24 h and 48 h and their fatty acid compositions were determined at the end. Especially, EPA and DHA levels were given to enriched Rotifera and compared with each other.
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