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Coupling changes in fatty acid and protein composition of Artemia salina with environmental factors in the Sfax solar saltern (Tunisia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2008

Wassim Guermazi ,
Jannet Elloumi ,
Habib Ayadi ,
Abderrahmen Bouain  and
Lotfi Aleya
Wassim Guermazi
Affiliation:
Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Unité de recherche 00/UR/0907 Ecobiologie, Planctonologie et Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes marins, Route Soukra Km 3,5 BP 802, CP 3018 Sfax, Tunisia
Jannet Elloumi
Affiliation:
Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Unité de recherche 00/UR/0907 Ecobiologie, Planctonologie et Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes marins, Route Soukra Km 3,5 BP 802, CP 3018 Sfax, Tunisia
Habib Ayadi
Affiliation:
Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Unité de recherche 00/UR/0907 Ecobiologie, Planctonologie et Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes marins, Route Soukra Km 3,5 BP 802, CP 3018 Sfax, Tunisia
Abderrahmen Bouain
Affiliation:
Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Unité de recherche 00/UR/0907 Ecobiologie, Planctonologie et Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes marins, Route Soukra Km 3,5 BP 802, CP 3018 Sfax, Tunisia
Lotfi Aleya
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biologie environnementale, INRA 3184, UMR CNRS 6565, Université de Franche-Comté, Place Leclerc, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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Abstract

The biochemical composition and biometry of different Artemia salina stages were determined in four ponds of increasing salinity (M1, M2, M3 and B1) in the Sfax solar saltern (Tunisia). Results showed the dominance of saturated fatty acids, which made up 48 to 57% of total fatty acids (FAs). Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) 22:6(n-3) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and 20:5(n-3) eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) represented on average only 3.1 and 4.0% of total FAs respectively. A. salina nauplii, cysts and metanauplii, in ponds M1, M2 and B1 respectively, were found to have optimal DHA/EPA ratios (>2) for use as live feed for invertebrate and fish larvae. Significant inter-pond variation in DHA/EPA levels was also recorded. The predominant FAs in Artemia were negatively correlated with both temperature and salinity. FA and protein contents were strongly affected by high temperatures (>30 °C) and probably by food sources (e.g., Dunaliella salina) (r = 0.9, n = 27). The density of Artemiasalina was positively correlated with protein content in pond B1. The high DHA/EPA ratios (1 to 3.3) found in this study indicate that Sfax Artemia could be a valuable food source for larvae in large marine hatcheries and also for some aquarium species.

Keywords

Fatty acidsProteinsQualityNutritionBiometrySalternbrine shrimpArtemia salina / Mediterranean Sea
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 63 - 73
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2008

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