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Growth and food sources of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas integrated culture with Sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus in Ailian Bay, China

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Shell length and tissue growth of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas integrated culture with Sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus were monitored during April–October 2010 in Ailian Bay, China. And also, the food sources of the oyster were analyzed and quantified by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope methods. Results showed that the increment of shell length and flesh dry weight of oyster cultured at cage area were greater than that at control area significantly (P < 0.05). Enrichment of δ13C and δ15N in oyster tissue at the cage area relative to the control area was significant (P < 0.05). Based on the simple linear mixing model, the contribution rate of the fish feces and waste fish feed to oyster was 29.27 and 5.59 %, respectively. This work demonstrates that the differences in growth performance of oyster between cage area and control area were resulted from the utilization of organic matter derived from fish aquaculture. Integrated filter-feeding bivalves culture with marine fish can reduce the environmental impact of organic waste from fish-farming activities.

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB409805), the National Science and Technology Planning Project of China (Grant No. 2011BAD13B05), the Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41006074), and China Agriculture Research System (CARS-48-03A). The authors were grateful to Mr. Zhang Huayue of Xunshan Fishery Group for his cooperation along this work and also to the very constructive comments by several reviewers.

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Jiang, Z., Wang, G., Fang, J. et al. Growth and food sources of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas integrated culture with Sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus in Ailian Bay, China. Aquacult Int 21, 45–52 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-012-9531-7

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