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Effect of size grading on sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juvenile self-feeding behaviour, social structure and culture performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

David Benhaïm ,
Samuel Péan ,
Blandine Brisset ,
Didier Leguay ,
Marie-Laure Bégout  and
Béatrice Chatain
David Benhaïm*
Affiliation:
LERMA, INTECHMER/CNAM, BP 324, 50103 Cherbourg Cedex, France
Samuel Péan
Affiliation:
IFREMER, place Gaby Coll, BP 7, 17137 L’Houmeau, France
Blandine Brisset
Affiliation:
IFREMER, place Gaby Coll, BP 7, 17137 L’Houmeau, France
Didier Leguay
Affiliation:
IFREMER, place Gaby Coll, BP 7, 17137 L’Houmeau, France
Marie-Laure Bégout
Affiliation:
IFREMER, place Gaby Coll, BP 7, 17137 L’Houmeau, France
Béatrice Chatain
Affiliation:
Station expérimentale d’Aquaculture Ifremer, Laboratoire de Recherche piscicole de Méditerranée, chemin de Maguelone, 34250 Palavas-les-Flots, France
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a Corresponding author: david.benhaim@cnam.fr
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Abstract

This study aims to test the influence of size grading on self-feeding behaviour, social structure (measured by the percentage of triggering acts per individual), growth performances, and blood physiological variables of individually passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tagged sea bass juveniles, using a computerized on-demand feeding system coupled with a PIT tag monitoring device. Three consecutive periods of 27 days each were compared: a first period (P1) before grading (6 tanks of 100 fish; 40.2  ±  8.9 g) followed by a second period (P2) after grading. The protocol applied aimed to create two groups of fish of similar mean weight but with either a low or a high coefficient of variation of weight (CVw) corresponding to an imposed difference in social disruption (Tlow: CVw ~ 10%, 3 tanks of 60 fish each with social disruption; Thigh:CVw ~20%, 3 tanks of 60 fish each, without social disruption). Tlow and Thigh groups were studied over P2, and an additional 27-day period under identical conditions (P3). The grading protocol used and/or time modified the social structure when comparing P1 and P2. Thereafter, during P2 and P3, no difference could be observed in growth performances, feed demand, or physiological variables between Tlow and Thighgroups. Feeding rhythms and social structures were similar in both groups. In conclusion, such grading practice only transiently modifies feed demand behaviour and social structure built around the self-feeder, without further improvement in individual growth performances in sea bass.

Keywords

Feeding behaviourSelf feederTriggering activityHeterogeneityGrowthGrading
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Research Article
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 391 - 402
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD 2011

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