Food uptake of marine mussel larvae (Mytilus edulisL.) was estimated in relation to larval size, temperature (6, 12, 18°C) and food concentration (1, 2, 5 , 10, 20 and 40 Isochrysis galbana cells 1r1-I). Filtration rates were maximal at low food concentrations (between 1 and 5 cells 1r1-l). This was called 'filtration capacity' and expressed as a function of larval size. Ingestion rates reached...

We studied the possible role that marine microalgae may play during the outbreaks of WSS (white spot syndrome). In order to elucidate the possibility of marine microalgae carrying WSSV (white spot syndrome virus), six marine microalgae (Isochrysis galbana, Skeletonema costatum, Chlorella sp., Heterosigma akashiwo, Scrippsiella trochoidea, Dunaliella salina) were co-cultured with adult Marsupena...

A recently marketed electrolytic water treatment system (Hoshizaki) was evaluated for disinfection of seawater used in disease-prone high-intensity aquaculture systems. Bacterial plate counts (CFU), direct bacterial total counts using 4V,6V diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining, and viable bacterial total counts using 6-carboxy fluorescein diacetate (6CFDA) showed complete inactivation of ba...

Studies on toxicities and tolerances of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) in the brown alga Isochrysis galbana and in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis were conducted by short-term bioassays using endpoints growth production and mortality, respectively. The 5-day EC(50) and 24-h LC(50) of these heavy metals were determined in the brown alga and mussel, respectively. The EC(...

In this paper, the design of an interval observer with an adaptive dynamical gain is presented. The observer is formulated in the framework of robust state estimation of uncertain dynamical systems, where an interval that encloses the unknown state variables is provided. For a specific type of interval observer design, an optimal gain could provide the narrowest interval. Since this gain depend...

Herbivory in corals, especially for symbiotic species, remains controversial. To investigate the capacity of scleractinian and soft corals to capture microalgae, we conducted controlled laboratory experiments offering five algal species: the cryptophyte Rhodomonas marina, the haptophytes Isochrysis galbana and Phaeocystis globosa, and the diatoms Conticribra weissflogii and Thalassiosira pseudo...

Larvae of the Chilean-Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus were fed a Dunaliella tertiolecta diet (Dun-diet) supplemented with lipid emulsions, rich in 20:5n-3 (EmEPA), 22:6n-3 (EmDHA) or in saturated fatty acids (EmCOCO). A mixed algal diet of Isochrysis galbana (T-iso) and Chaetoceros neogracile served as a positive control (St-diet). Lipid supplementation to the Dun-diet improved the larva...