Developing and testing a lab protocol to study the feeding ecology of American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rochette, Rémy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Power, Brooke-Lyn | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-04T12:48:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-04T12:48:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Little is known about the natural feeding ecology of American lobster larvae. Through a lab experiment using different sizes of natural zooplankton, this study aims to develop a lab protocol to raise lobster larvae on a natural diet. Shortly after hatch, larvae were placed in individual containers and fed zooplankton collected from surface tows, with survival, inter-moult duration, and carapace length measured. This protocol showed promise, since it resulted in the complete development of some larvae, and it showed differences in survival rate and inter-moult period among larvae in the different zooplankton treatments. Development was sub-optimal when compared to a well-known lab study that raised lobster larvae from the same general region on an artificial diet, with lower survival and higher inter-moult duration for some or all stages. With improvements this protocol is expected allow raising lobster larvae on natural zooplankton to gain insight into their feeding ecology. | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/38088 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Biology | |
| dc.title | Developing and testing a lab protocol to study the feeding ecology of American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae | |
| dc.type | bachelor thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Biology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | bachelors | |
| thesis.degree.name | B.Sc. |