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Physiological and biochemical indicators of mussel seed quality in relation to temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2011

Réjean Tremblay ,
Thomas Landry ,
Neil Leblanc ,
Fabrice Pernet ,
Carla Barkhouse  and
Jean-Marie Sévigny
Réjean Tremblay*
Affiliation:
Institut des sciences de la mer– UQAR, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1, Canada
Thomas Landry
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Aquaculture and Coastal Ecosystem Section, Gulf Fisheries Centre, Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
Neil Leblanc
Affiliation:
National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Ullsväg 2B, 75189 Uppsala, Sweden
Fabrice Pernet
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Laboratoire Environnement Ressources en Languedoc-Roussillon, Pôle “Mer et Lagunes”, Bd Jean Monnet, BP 171, 34203 Sète Cedex, France
Carla Barkhouse
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Aquaculture and Coastal Ecosystem Section, Gulf Fisheries Centre, Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
Jean-Marie Sévigny
Affiliation:
Pêches et Océans Canada, Direction des sciences halieutiques et aquaculture, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, 850 Route de la Mer, Mont-Joli, Québec, G5H 3Z4, Canada
*
a Corresponding author: rejean_tremblay@uqar.qc.ca
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Abstract

The bivalve’s aquaculture industry is an important component of the economy in Eastern Canada. Seed collection is an initial and critical activity in most bivalve aquaculture industries including mussel farming in Prince Edward Island, production is entirely dependent on natural spat collection. Although seed supply is not a concern from a quantitative standpoint, there are growing concerns about the quality of natural seed. The general objective of this study was to identify and assess mussel seed quality criteria on the basis of physiological and biochemical status under laboratory and field conditions. The performance, as estimated by metabolic measurements, lipid class composition, multi-locus heterozygosity (MLH) and survival to stressful environment of seed from 6 different stocks sources was first compared under laboratory conditions at 12 °C and 25 °C. Results showed that MLH varied among the six sources of mussels in a way which is consistent with the physiological and biochemical indicators of seed quality. Mussels from Shippagan (New Brunswick) and Tracadie (Prince Edward Island) were found to have the highest quality scores and the best adaptive capacity to extreme water temperature under laboratory conditions. The results of the stock-site reciprocal field studies are in general agreement with those of the laboratory experiments with higher survival of mussels from Shippagan, Tracadie and St. Peters Bays in the various study sites. Our results suggest that the measure of MLH and survival curves at stressful temperature could be a good criteria combination to identify the improved survival potential of mussels stocks.

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Wild seedaquaculturephysiological fitnessgrowthsurvivalmulti-locus heterozygosityMytilus spp.
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Research Article
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Physiomar10 , July 2011 , pp. 273 - 282
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD 2011

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