The production of most farmed molluscs, including mussels, oysters, scallops, abalone, and clams, is heavily dependent on natural seed from the plankton. Closing the lifecycle of species in hatcheries can secure independence from wild stocks and enables long-term genetic improvement of broodstock...

Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) maximises the nitrogen cycle between system components, including bacteria. In order to maximise the bacterial role in nitrogen elimination in an IMTA system, we investigated the effect of bivalve culture on water quality and bacterial community structure...

The integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) pond represents a unique ecosystem in which various species of aquatic organisms with different trophic levels are co-cultured together, achieving ecological and economic effects by using ecological principles. This study was designed to investigate...

The oyster Crassostrea gigas is a major, global aquaculture species. As with any domestically-farmed species, the characterization of breeding lines that yield desired phenotypes is of immense value. An understanding of the fundamental biological bases of such phenotypes is needed to enhance ...

As the increase of demand for seafood supplies, a large amount of high-protein feed has been added to mariculture aeras, which causes hazards for the cultured organisms and environment. Here, we used 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing to evaluate the bacterial communities in the sediments of...

Fermented soybean meal (FSM) is used as a potential substitute for fishmeal in various aquatic species due to its enriched nutrient profile. This study is aimed to investigate the effect of two different kinds of FSM on growth and protein metabolism in the Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis). ...

Three isonitrogenous diets (41% crude protein) with 4.87%, 10.75% and 16.10% lipid were designed to evaluate the effects of dietary lipid levels growth, antioxidant capacity, expression levels of genes related to lipid and glucose metabolism of juvenile Scylla paramamosain. Each diet was fed to...

An 8 weeks regression study was performed to test the effects of increasing light intensities from darkness to 30 W m^-2 on growth performance, molting, antioxidant capacity, and gene expression of molting and apoptosis-related genes in Scylla paramamosain. No significant differences were found in...

This research evaluated the protective effect of vitamin A (VA) on the adverse effect of fish oil (FO) substitution with palm oil (PO) in an economical crab Eriocheir sinensis. Three diets of FO, PO, and PO + 8000 IU/kg VA as the main lipid sources were fed to crabs, respectively, for 8 weeks....

Bacterial disease has caused high mortality of breeding molluscs from 2009 to 2011 in the Changhai area (Dalian, China). Vibrio spp. and Pseudomonas spp. have been detected as major pathogenic agents for aquatic animals in this area. In the present study, four virulence genes including vsm, toxR, ...