Rearing Larvae in Tin Boxes

Coral larvae for restoration and research: a large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis

Here we describe an efficient and effective technique for rearing sexually-derived coral propagules from spawning through larval settlement and symbiont uptake with minimal impact on natural coral populations. We sought to maximize larval survival while minimizing expense and daily husbandry maintenance by experimentally determining optimized conditions and protocols for gamete fertilization, l...

The impact of rearing environment on the development of gut microbiota in tilapia larvae

This study explores the effect of rearing environment on water bacterial communities (BC) and the association with those present in the gut of Nile tilapia larvae (Oreochromis niloticus, Linnaeus) grown in either recirculating or active suspension systems. 454 pyrosequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene fragments was applied to characterize the composition of water, feed and gut bacteria comm...

The Importance of Bacteria in Laboratory Experiments on Rearing the Larvae of Ostrea Edulis (l.)

Observations made by the writer during the summer of 1955 suggested that the density of the bacterial flora which develops when oyster larvae are reared in small glass vessels is inversely correlated with the number of spat settling (Walne,1956). From the nature of the observations it could not be determined whether the bacteria were affecting the development of the larvae or whether the proper...

A standardized procedure for the in vitro Rearing of Honey Bee Larvae

Survival Rates with Time Course of Frozen-thawed Pacific Oyster Larvae in Indoor Rearing System

Post-thawed larval rearing in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas was performed to investigate the survival rate with time course in three kinds of larvae cryopreserved. The highest survival rate and larval activity index (LAI) of post-thawed larvae were obtained from the permeation in 0.2 M sucrose and 2.0 M ethylene glycol (EG) at -1°C/min in freezing speed showing the survival rates just after ...