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Previous issue date: 2009-03-30 / Shrimp culture represents an important activity to brazilian economy. The northeastern region has presented high levels of production because of its climatic conditions. An important factor for the activity?s major development is related to the introduction of the species Litopenaeus vannamei. The use of an exotic species can disturb the ecosystem. In the last decades, L. vannamei has been the only species cultivated in Brazilian farms, there not being an alternative species for shrimp culture. So, there is an urgent need to developing new studies with the native species, which might represent an alternative concerning shrimp production, with emphasis on Farfantepenaeus subtilis. Another important aspect related to the activity is feeding management, once it is quite usual that feed offer on the pond does not take into account either the species? physiology and behavior or the influence of environmental variables, such as light cycle and substrate. That knowledge may optimize management and so reduce the impact of effluents in the environment. This study?s objective was characterizing feeding behavior of F. subtilis in laboratory. For that, an ethogram was developed, using 20 wild animals which were observed through ad libitum and all occurrences methods. Two experiments were developed in order to register feeding behavior on different substrates, along 15 days, each. In the first experiment, 40 animals were distributed in eight aquaria, half being observed during the light phase of the 24 hour cycle and the other half in the dark phase, both in halimeda substrate. In the second experiment, 20 animals were distributed in four aquaria, under similar conditions as the previous ones, but in sand substrate. In both experiments, animals were observed respectively one, four, seven and ten hours after the beginning of the phase, for light phase, for the dark phase, in ten minute observation windows, before and immediately after feed offer. The following behaviors were registered: feed ingestion, ingestion of other items, inactivity, exploration, vertical exploration, swimming, crawling, digging, burrowing, and moving by the animals. Observation windows after feed offer also included latency to reach the tray and to ingest feed. Nineteen behaviors were described for the species. F. subtilis presented more behavioral activities in halimeda substrate even in the light phase, while burrowing was predominant in sand substrate. In both substrates, moving, crawling and exploration were more frequent after feed offer, but inactivity and burrowing were more frequent before that. Feed ingestion was more frequent in halimeda, both in light and dark phases. Weight gain was also more prominent in that substrate. In sand substrtate, ingestion was more frequent in the dark phase, which suggests that higher granulometry facilitates feed ingestion in F. subtilis juveniles. Our results demonstrate the importance of studies for the better knowledge of the species, specially its response to environmental stimuli, in order to improve animal management / A carcinicultura ? uma atividade de grande import?ncia econ?mica no Brasil. Um fator que contribuiu para o crescimento da atividade foi a introdu??o da esp?cie Litopenaeus vannamei. A utiliza??o de uma esp?cie ex?tica pode causar danos ao ecossistema nativo e atualmente L. vannamei ? a ?nica esp?cie cultivada no Brasil, n?o havendo uma alternativa para o setor. Da? a necessidade de estudos com esp?cies nativas que possam representar outra via para a produ??o, em particular Farfantepenaeus subtilis. O conhecimento sobre o comportamento e fisiologia da esp?cie e sobre a influ?ncia das caracter?sticas do ambiente, como o ciclo de luz e substrato, sobre a ingest?o, pode otimizar o manejo e minimizar o impacto do despejo de efluentes no meio ambiente. Assim, esse estudo objetiva caracterizar o comportamento alimentar de F. subtilis ao longo do ciclo de luz em diferentes substratos sob condi??es laboratoriais. Para isso foi elaborado um etograma utilizando 20 animais trazidos da natureza, e observados pelos m?todos ad libitum e Todas as Ocorr?ncias. Para observa??o do comportamento alimentar dois experimentos foram realizados em diferentes substratos, com dura??o de 15 dias cont?nuos cada. No primeiro experimento 40 animais foram distribu?dos em oito aqu?rios, quatro na fase de claro e quatro na fase de escuro, com substrato de conchas de ostras trituradas (halimeda). No segundo experimento 20 animais foram distribu?dos em quatro aqu?rios, dois na fase de claro e dois na fase de escuro, com substrato de areia. Em ambos os experimentos os animais foram observados na fase de claro nos hor?rios 7h, 10h, 13h e 16h (1, 4, 7, 10) e nos hor?rios equivalentes na fase de escuro19h, 22h, 1h e 4h (1, 4, 7, 10), em janelas de 10 minutos antes e imediatamente ap?s a oferta da ra??o. Os comportamentos registrados foram: ingest?o do item ofertado, ingest?o do item que n?o o ofertado, parado, explora??o, explora??o vertical, nata??o, rastejamento, cavar, enterramento, limpeza e o deslocamento dos animais. Ap?s a oferta do alimento as lat?ncias de chegada a bandeja e de consumo do alimento foram registradas. Ao todo 19 comportamentos foram descritos para a esp?cie. F. subtilis apresentou uma maior diversidade de comportamentos na halimeda, mesmo na fase de claro, enquanto que na areia o enterramento predominou. Nos dois substratos o deslocamento, rastejamento e explora??o foram mais freq?entes ap?s a oferta do alimento, enquanto o parado e o enterramento foram mais frequentes antes. A ingest?o da ra??o foi maior no substrato de halimeda, n?o diferindo entre as fases de claro e escuro, o ganho de peso dos animais tamb?m foi maior nesse substrato. Na areia a ingest?o foi mais freq?ente na fase de escuro, o que sugere que substratos de maior granulometria favorecem a ingest?o do alimento em juvenis de F. subtilis. Nossos resultados demonstram a import?ncia do conhecimento da esp?cie e de sua resposta aos est?mulos do ambiente, como subs?dio para o desenvolvimento de estrat?gias de manejo eficientes
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/17284 |
| Date | 30 March 2009 |
| Creators | Silva, Priscila Fernandes |
| Contributors | CPF:09453997404, http://lattes.cnpq.br/4654421846443562, Silva, H?lderes Peregrino Alves da, CPF:46662243434, http://lattes.cnpq.br/5030620900929292, Pontes, Cibele Soares, CPF:48100676453, http://lattes.cnpq.br/3943018673158703, Miranda, Maria de F?tima Arruda de |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Psicobiologia, UFRN, BR, Estudos de Comportamento; Psicologia Fisiol?gica |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRN, instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, instacron:UFRN |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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