<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The experiment examined the possibility of rearing juvenile pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (L.) in polyculture with sterlet Acipenser ruthenus L. in a recirculating system. Three variants of pikeperch rearing were tested: monoculture (group S), with the addition of sterlet at 10% (group S10) and 20% (group S20) of the initial pikeperch biomass. After 56 days of rearing, no differences in the growth rates or survival of the pikeperch were noted. The value of the feed conversion ratio in the monoculture group was 1.19 and was significantly statistically higher than in the polyculture groups, the values of which were 0.84 (S10) and 0.74 (S20). The mean oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion values did not differ significantly statistically among the studied groups. Including the sterlet stock with the pikeperch permitted obtaining the additional value of the sterlet biomass using the same quantity of feed. Additionally, the inclusion of sterlet decreased the labor intensity of pikeperch rearing since the tanks did not need cleaning as frequently.</p></abstract>

The experiment examined the possibility of rearing juvenile pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (L.) in polyculture with sterlet Acipenser ruthenus L. in a recirculating system. Three variants of pikeperch rearing were tested: monoculture (group S), with the addition of sterlet at 10% (group S10) and 20% (group S20) of the initial pikeperch biomass. After 56 days of rearing, no differences in the growth rates or survival of the pikeperch were noted. The value of the feed conversion ratio in the monoculture group was 1.19 and was significantly statistically higher than in the polyculture groups, the values of which were 0.84 (S10) and 0.74 (S20). The mean oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion values did not differ significantly statistically among the studied groups. Including the sterlet stock with the pikeperch permitted obtaining the additional value of the sterlet biomass using the same quantity of feed. Additionally, the inclusion of sterlet decreased the labor intensity of pikeperch rearing since the tanks did not need cleaning as frequently.

Polyculture of juvenile pikeperch (Sander lucioperca (L.)) and sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) in a recirculating system

Department of Sturgeon Fish Breeding, Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn, Poland 11-610 Pozezdrze

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The experiment examined the possibility of rearing juvenile pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (L.) in polyculture with sterlet Acipenser ruthenus L. in a...

Polyculture of juvenile pikeperch (Sander lucioperca (L.)) and sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) in a recirculating system

Online veröffentlicht: 03. März 2015

Seitenbereich: 237 - 242

Eingereicht: 01. Sept. 2014

Akzeptiert: 06. Nov. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2014-0024

Schlüsselwörter
oxygen consumption, ammonia excretion, polyculture, recirculating system, feed conversion ratio

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Polyculture of juvenile pikeperch (Sander lucioperca (L.)) and sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) in a recirculating system

Online veröffentlicht: 03. März 2015

Seitenbereich: 237 - 242

Eingereicht: 01. Sept. 2014

Akzeptiert: 06. Nov. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2014-0024

Schlüsselwörteroxygen consumption, ammonia excretion, polyculture, recirculating system, feed conversion ratio

© Archives of Polish Fisheries

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
oxygen consumption, ammonia excretion, polyculture, recirculating system, feed conversion ratio