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Nitrogen and phosphorus budget of a Haliotis discus hannai and Apostichopus japonicus polyculture system
Author(s) -
Gao Xiaolong,
Zhang Mo,
Li Xian,
Wu Fucun,
Liu Ying
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/are.13971
Subject(s) - apostichopus japonicus , abalone , biology , polyculture , haliotis discus , zoology , sea cucumber , fishery , aquaculture , botany , ecology , fish <actinopterygii>
The system nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) budget, N/P utilization rate and the physiological response mechanism of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai (body weight: 12.87 ± 0.82 g) and the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (body weight: 10.85 ± 1.16 g) to different co‐culture environment conditions were examined. Animals were kept in a multilayer, cubic recirculating aquaculture system at different polyculture densities (abalones at 400 ind/m 2 in monoculture [Group C] and abalones at 400 ind/m 2 with sea cucumbers at 10 ind/m 2 [AS1] or 20 ind/m 2 [AS2]). Each treatment was replicated four times, and the experimental cycle was 90 days. No significant difference in survival rate of abalones was detected when the stocking density of sea cucumbers increased from 10 to 20 ind/m 2 , but the concentrations of total ammonia nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen in the water were significantly higher in AS2 than in AS1. Survival rate, specific growth rate (SGR) of body weight of sea cucumbers and SGR of body weight of abalones were significantly lower in AS2 than in AS1. No significant difference in protease (PES), lipase, amylase and cellulase activities of abalones was identified between Group C and AS1, but the PES and amylase activities of abalones and sea cucumbers in AS1 were significantly higher than those in AS2. In AS1, the N/P output from harvesting of abalones and sea cucumbers and the N/P utilization rates were significantly higher than those in AS2. Although the N/P output from faeces was significantly lower in AS2 than in Group C and AS1, the N/P output from the water layer was significantly higher than that in AS1. The expression levels of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase ( Cu/Zn‐SOD ) and heat shock protein 70 ( HSP70 ) of both abalones and sea cucumbers in AS2 were significantly higher than those in AS1. No significant difference in expression of catalase ( CAT ) and HSP90 of abalones was identified among these groups, but the expression levels of CAT and HSP90 of sea cucumbers in AS2 were significantly higher than those in AS1. These results indicate that stocking sea cucumbers at 10 ind/m 2 in the polyculture system will relieve the organic load on the system and improve the N/P utilization rate. It will also increase aquaculture production and improve the ecological and economic benefits of the system.