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English name: Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center
Thesaurus terms (8) : Aquaculture; Artemia culture; Fish larvae; Larviculture; Nutrition; Nutritional requirements; Shrimp culture; Shrimp farming
MRG keywords (3) : Aquaculture; Microbiology; Nutrition
Taxonomic terms (7) : Artemia Leach, 1819 [WoRMS]; Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786 [WoRMS]; Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) [WoRMS]; Rotifera [WoRMS]; Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Siluriformes [WoRMS]
Geographical terms (4) : ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]; Chile [Marine Regions]; South Africa [Marine Regions]; Viet Nam, Mekong Delta
Address:
UGent BW13
Coupure Links 653, Blok F
9000 Gent
Belgium
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Tel.: +32-(0)9-264 37 54
E-mail: 
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Type: Scientific
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1 Director: Head of the department
2 Marine scientist: Works in this research group and acts as (co-)author in at least one marine publication in the last 5 years.
3 Specialized personnel: Provides administrative or technical support to marine scientific research.
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| Abstract: |
The laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, so called since 1989, was founded in 1978 under its former name Artemia Reference Center (ARC). Since its establishment, the laboratory has been involved in research on larviculture of fish and shellfish species of aquaculture interest. Initially, the research mainly focused on the universally-used brine shrimp Artemia as a vital food source for fish and shellfish larvae. Research topics encompass: brine shrimp culturing biology, natural occurrences, production techniques, strain characterisation as well as nutritional value and enrichment.
Gradually, research activities extended to other live food organisms, such as microalgae and rotifers, i.e. particularly their production and nutritional manipulation, with emphasis on lipids and vitamins C and E. Meanwhile, the worldwide industrialisation of larviculture increased the demand for thorough research on the zootechnical, microbiological and immunological aspects of larviculture. Therefore, the laboratory engaged in a multidisciplinary collaboration effort with (inter)national research institutes in the framework of Research and Development (R&D) projects. The knowledge on larval culture of molluscs has been used in the last ten years to develop a new research area focusing on offshore mollusc aquaculture, exploring the possibilities of near and offshore mollusc production. The lab's research also focuses significantly on the circular and blue bioeconomy, investigating ways to transform fish waste into high-quality products.
The laboratory is the coordinator of the UGent Aquaculture R&D consortium and member of BLUEGent, a valorisation consortium. The group coordinates the International Master of Science in Aquaculture and the Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Health management in Aquaculture. |
| Projects (8) |
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- BENCORE: Belgian Network for Coastal Reseach, more
- Bioconcentration of organic micropollutants in marine ecosystems, more
- European network for the dissemination of aquaculture RTD information, more
- Functional role and characteristics of micro-organisms in the larvi culture of aquatic organisms: Artemia as preferred test organism, more
- Larviculture of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus): zootechnical, pathological and microbiological aspects, more
- Research and development of culture techniques for the indigenous mudcrab Scylla serrata, more
- Study of anti-oxidant systems in cultured marine fish in relation to growth, quality and disease resistance, more
- Study of the biology of the brine shrimp Artemia for the optimal use in aquaculture and for the production of cheap animal proteins, more
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