Open AccessSYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND PERFORMANCE: BIVALVE MOLLUSCAN MARICULTURE
Author(s) -
Pruder G. D.,
Bolton E. T.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual meeting ‐ world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0164-0399
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1978.tb00289.x
Subject(s) - mariculture , shellfish , algae , fishery , biology , bivalvia , environmental science , ecology , mollusca , aquaculture , fish <actinopterygii> , aquatic animal
The University of Delaware Maricultural Project is working toward development of commercial, closed‐cycle, controlled environment shellfish mariculture. As the result of several years effort, the technical feasibility of raising bivalve molluscs from egg to market size in a re‐circulating system on a diet of cultured algae has been demonstrated. A previous estimate of the quantity of algal cells required to support vigorous growth of oysters is revised. An indoor recycle system and a prototype greenhouse system are described. Results of work in the mass outdoor cultivation of algae, which contribute to establishing an abundant and reliable supply of food for bivalve molluscan mariculture, are discussed.