The effect of substrate rearing on growth, aerobic scope and physiology of larval white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 92; no. 6; pp. 1731 - 1746
• Main Authors: Boucher, M. A., Baker, D. W., Brauner, C. J., Shrimpton, J. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acipenser transmontanus; Artificial substrata; development; Egg yolk; Environmental restoration; Feeding; Fish; Fish hatcheries; Freshwater fishes; Glycogen; Gravel; Growth; Hatching; Individual rearing; Larvae; Metabolic rate; Metabolism; Restoration; Sturgeon; Substrates; substratum; Tanks; Yolk; metabolic rate; development; Acipenser transmontanus; larvae; glycogen; substratum

The effect of substratum on growth and metabolic rate was assessed in larval white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus. Yolk‐sac larvae (YSL) were reared in bare tanks or tanks with gravel as substratum from hatch until approximately 16 days post hatch (dph). The effect of an artificial substratum was...