• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.269-275
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• 1998

Spider crabs, Libinia emarginata, were eyestalk-ablated unilaterally and bilaterally to manipulate endogenous methyl farnesoate (MF) to increase during the embryogenesis. Endogenous MF were measured weekly over the embryogenesis of the crab, using HPLC with the aids of GC/MS and MS database (CAS 010485-70-8) for the identification of the hormone. Initial MF titers both in the hemolymph and embryos of intact control were at bottom levels and the hormone concentrations kept unchanged (p<0.05), reflecting physiological unnecessaries of the hormone in the embryogenesis. Eyestalk ablation significantly stimulated the crabs to increase endogenous MF in both tissues (p<0.0l). In the response of the embryos to the increased MF, no growth stimulations were observed, at least, in the first part of embryogenesis. The increased mortalities and immature sheddings of embryos resulted from the crabs under the influence of elevated MF in both tissues, instead, suggesting that the elevated MF against the crab's requirement blocked the normal developmental process of the crab embryos. These data can give crustacean endocrinologists some insights to understand the effects of the hormone on the crustacean reproduction studied previously in which JH analogs ambiguously affected the crustacean reproduction depending on the reproductive stages. The data also can give shrimp aquaculturists some implication of a possible generation of unfavorable shrimp seeds attributed to elevated egg MF originated from their eyestalk-ablated mother shrimp.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2009

Seventeen females of the mud crab Scylla serrata, from the State of Kosrae, Micronesia, were transported to the Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Gyeongsangnam-do, in oxygen-filled plastic bags. After acclimatization to a $30^{\circ}C$ holding temperature, nine females were selected for seed production trials. Spawning was hastened using eyestalk ablations; however, this may not be required in commercialscale mud crab seed production. Primary spawning produced an average of 2.4 million hatched larvae, whereas secondary spawning produced 0.4 million. About 10 days elapsed between spawning and hatching and 30 days between hatching and crablet. Mass mortalities up to 90% were observed between stages zoea 1 and zoea 2 in every trial. The highest survival rate from zoea 1 to crablet was estimated at 0.25%. Most commercial shrimp hatcheries in Korea are equipped with almost all necessary facilities and could be converted easily to mud crab hatcheries, able to run three to four times per year using hatchery technologies developed for blue crabs and Chinese mitten crabs.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.76-90
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• 1993

징거미새우의 생식소 성숙 제어에 대한 광주성발달과 안병 X-organ과의 관계를 밝히기 위하여 1) 생식소 성숙 제어에 미치는 수온과 광주기의 영향, 2)생식소 성숙에 대한 안병 절제 효과, 3) 안병에 있는 외수 X-organ (MEX-organ)조직의 활성에 대한 계절적인 변화 등을 조사하였다. 전난황형성기(12월${\sim}$다음해 3월)와 난황형성기(4월${\sim}$5월)에 있어서, 생식소 성숙은 주로 수온에 영향을 받으며, 광주조건(12L/12D, 15L/9D)에 관계없이 수온상승에 의하여 GSI가 증가하고 생식소도 성숙하였다. 반면, 산란기(6월${\sim}8$월)에 있어서, 생식소 성숙은 주로 광주조건에 영향을 받으며, 15L/9D와 같은 장일 조건에서는 생식소 성숙이 지속되고 높은 GSI값을 나타내는 반면, 12L/12D와 같이 단일화된 조건에서는 난소내에 있는 대부분의 난황형성기 난모세포들은 퇴화${\cdot}$흡수되어 휴지기 상태의 난모세포로 되었고, GSI는 감소되었다. 휴지기(9월${\sim}11$월)에 있어서, 수온($16^{\circ}C,\;22^{\circ}C,\;28^{\circ}C$)과 광주조건(12L/12D, 15L/9D)을 조합한 모든 실험구에서는 재성숙이 일어나지 않았다. 생식소 성숙에 대한 안병 절제 효과는 전난황형성기와 산란기때 보다 휴지기 때가 더 강하게 나타났다. 안병 MEX-organ에서 직경이 $20{\mu}m$이상인 신경분비세포 수는 생식주기에 따라 변동을 보였으며, 휴지기 때 그 수는 $77{\pm}12$로 증가하였고, 난황형성기때는 $55{\pm}7$로 감소하였다. 그러나 Bellonci 조직의 크기(volume)는 휴지기 때에 비해서 난환형성기때 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2014

Eyestalk ablation (ESA) is commonly used in aquaculture to stimulate ovarian maturation in crustaceans, and methyl farnesoate (MF) affects crustacean molting and reproduction. To investigate the physiological effects of ESA and MF treatments on the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, we compared the effects of single eyestalk removal and MF injections. The ESA group had the lowest survival rate (50%), and individuals in the $0.1{\mu}g$ and $1.0{\mu}g$ MF-treated groups had survival rates of 80 and 73.3%, respectively. Conversely, molting numbers were highest in the ESA group, and similar to those of the 1.0-${\mu}g$ MF group. To investigate shrimp growth, we measured body weight during the experimental period and found that individuals in the ESA and $1.0{\mu}g$ MF groups showed significant increases in body weight. Furthermore, to investigate the effects of ESA and MF treatments on gonadal maturation, the gonad somatic index (GSI) was calculated after the experiment. All treated groups (ESA and MF) had higher GSI values than the control group, but the ESA and $1.0{\mu}g$ MF groups were not significantly different. Using histological ovary analysis, we determined that all treated groups showed indications of the previtellogenic stage, unlike the control group (immature stage). These results suggest that the high-MF-concentration treatment produced effects similar to those of ESA with respect to molting number, growth, and ovarian maturation.