In order to characterize triand tetranucleotide microsatellites in the black tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon, a genomic library of P. monodon was screened with the repeats (GAA)n, (GATA)n, (GGAT)n, (GGAA)n and (CACC)n. In the 79 positive clones isolated, the repeats (GATA)n was found at the highest frequency, followed by the (GAA)n while the other sequence types were rare or not found. Sequencing ...

Shrimp aquaculture plays the key role in Bangladesh seafood export industry. It includes species of Tiger prawn Penaeus monodon, and Giant river Macrobrachium rosenbergii, which have been widely farmed after 1980s. The industry is severely damaged due to diseases outbreaks hatcheries, nurseries grow-out ponds since 2000, thus this sector shows shrinkage from global market. However, last few dec...

The present study aims to recognize dhow prawn trawl by-catch from Hormuzgan coastal waters (Northeast Persian Gulf). Sampling was carried out of 36 hauls by using traditionally wooden dhow among prawn fishing season in 2011. The catch composition consisted of 31.66% target species prawns, mainly banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) and 68.34% by-catch. The total by-catch was 4,622.67kg com...

Dams have long been associated with elevated burdens of human schistosomiasis, but how dams increase disease is not always clear, in part because dams have many ecological and socio-economic effects. A recent hypothesis argues that dams block reproduction of the migratory river prawns that eat the snail hosts of schistosomiasis. In the Senegal River Basin, there is evidence that prawn populatio...

In the present study effects of both injections of serotonin and dopamine on haemolymph glucose, total carbohydrates, glycogen and phosphorylase activity in different tissues of intact and eyestalk ablated M.rosenbergii. The haemolymph glucose levels was increased dose dependent in between 10 and 10 mole/prawn after injection of serotonin and dopamine. While the dose 10 mole/prawn induced peak ...

Effluent water from intensive prawn culture ponds typically has high concentrations of dissolved nutrients such as nitrogen. An experiment was conducted for 28 days to investigate the nitrogen flow where seaweed (Sargassum sp.) was integrated into western king prawn (Penaeus latisulcatus) culture. Three treatments were used, each consisting of four, 0.1m plastic tanks. Treatment 1 and 2 were th...