For the article titled “The effects of ultraviolet radiation on bacterial load of the different density of Artemia spp.” published by Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries in 2007, we shared the knowledge and possibilities of our company with our esteemed university during the research period. Our company has always been and will continue to be open to support requests from related faculties of our universities. We are proud to be able to contribute to the development of scientific methods and conducting researches, and to share our knowledge, with the awareness that our industry will progress in this way in national and global terms and reach the levels that can meet the increasing nutritional needs of the world population.
Below, you can find the research article which we contributed with our facilities’ resources that our company has:
E.U. Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 2007
Volume 24, Sayı/Issue (1-2): 103–108
© Ege University Press
ISSN 1300 – 1590
http://jfas.ege.edu.tr/
Acknowledgement: We thank General Manager of Akvatek Aquaculture Inc. Dr. C. Güngör Muhtaroğlu and all Akvatek Employees for providing us all needed resources throughout this study.
Abstract
In this study, the effects of ultraviolet radiation on bacterial load and survival rates of Artemia at different densities (250- 4500 ind.ml-1) used in commercially marine fish production, and at flow rates (0.63- 1.01 – 1.55 – 1.98 lt.min-1) was determined. TSA agar and TCBS agar were used to calculate for total bacteria and Vibrio spp. bacteria, respectively. The mortality of the Artemia was calculated by light microscope. The Artemia density was estimated as 260±26 and 4500±412 ind.ml-1 during the experiments. The average load of the total bacteria was eliminated between 56.6±5.4% and 84.3±3.5% in TCBS agar and 66.3±9.8% and 77.9±3.8% in TSA agar. The average mortality of Artemia was obtained between 4.4±1.8 % and 9.97±6.61 %.
Key Words: Artemia, mass stock , UV, flow rate, bacterial load.
