The research aimed to evaluate the decomposition of sabiá (Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth) litter fractions by using the nylon bag technique. The following litter fractions were incubated: senescent leaves, leaves at the beginning of mineralization, and branches with diameter up to 20 mm. Incubation was performed during periods of 0, 4, 8, 16, 64, 100, and 256 days in 2006 and 2007. The fractions were distributed in a random block design with five replications. It was evaluated the disappearance of biomass, […]

This research aimed to evaluate the deposition and chemical composition of the components of the existing and deposited litter in a sabiá (Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth) canopy. The experiment was carried out from August 2006 to July 2007. The evaluation of the existing and deposited litter was performed every 28 days using 20 squares with 1m2 randomly allocated and new areas were chosen for each evaluation. The canopy showed plants with an average diameter of 26.8 cm at breast height. Monthly […]

It was aimed to study the effects of nitrogen and sulphur combinations on the concentrations of nitrogen and sulphur and on the relationship of nutrients in diagnostic leaves and in degrading roots of signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf.) before fertilizations. It was collected cylinders with plant + soil from a degrading pasture in an area of typic Quartzpsamment soil. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse from November 2003 to March 2004. Five levels of nitrogen (0; 100; 200; […]

This study was carried out on a low-productive Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu pasture, mixed with Arachis pintoi cv. Belmonte (forage peanut), established 13 years ago in a Red-Yellow Latosol in Acre State, western Brazilian Amazon. The purpose was to evaluate the response of this pasture to different fertilizer combinations, aiming at identifying the nutritional factors responsible for the fall of pasture carrying capacity and for the reduced vigor of forage peanut. It was used a randomized complete block design, with […]

This study was conducted to evaluate, in the ration, the use of fish meal supplement with amino acids on performance, carcass characteristics, and on hematological analysis in Nile tilapia juvenils. It was used 140 juveniles with an average weight of 14.0 ± 0.14 g, randomly distributed in a complete random design with five levels of fish meal (0; 1.5; 3.0; 4.5; and 6.0%) in the ration, each one with four replicates. The rations were isoenergetic (3,000 kcal of digestible energy) […]

The aim of this study was to evaluate the hematic response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed diets supplemented with choline and submitted to temperature stress. The experimental period was realized in two phases: the first, during 109 days, and the second, for seven days. During the first stage, 192 fingerlings with average initial weight of 4 g were distributed in 32 net cages (200 L) allocated in 1,000-L aquaria. The diets were formulated to present 28% of digestible protein […]

The advancement of aquaculture has often been bottlenecked because of the lack of seed, but once that bottleneck was overcome there was rapid growth. Recent examples of advances in hatchery technology leading to increased production are sea bream and Pangasius. Three areas contributing to the advancement of hatchery management are: brood stock management, induced spawning and larval feeding. Formulated diets have been developed for marine brood fish that are equal or better than the traditional raw fish diets. The importance […]

The optimal dietary supply of amino acids to tilapia has been studied for many years. Nevertheless, a general agreement on the amino acid requirement for tilapias has not been established. In order to optimize efficiency and reduce surplus nitrogen, values of digestibility of each amino acid of feed must be considered. Due to variations in the amino acid requirement due to new tilapia strains introduction, continuous research on amino acid requirements is necessary to elaborate economical and environmental sustainability diets, […]

Although fish nutrition science is far from establishing general standards of nutritional requirements, the need for developing low impact feeds has long been included in the agenda of aquaculture’s international scientific and business communities of. Not only is absolutely possible to formulate environmental friendly feeds, as it is necessary modeling the formulation of these feeds. However, it is necessary higher accuracy to develop species-specific formulations, considering interactions of the biology and nutritional physiology of the species with the feedstuffs and […]

Among warm-water marine fishes, cobia is one of the best aquaculture candidate species in the world. Currently there are commercial culture operations in several Asian countries and the industry has started developing elsewhere, including the Western Central Atlantic region. Significant research has been conducted at the University of Miami’s Aquaculture Program / University of Miami Experimental Hatchery (UMEH) during the last eight years, involving research to develop and optimize advanced technology to demonstrate the viability of raising hatchery-reared cobia in […]