TITLE:
A Review of Feeding Behavior, Growth, Reproduction and Aquaculture Site Selection for Green-Lipped Mussel, Perna viridis
AUTHORS:
Tan Kar Soon, Julian Ransangan
KEYWORDS:
Feeding Behavior; Growth; Reproduction; Green-Lipped Mussel
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology,
Vol.5 No.5,
April
2,
2014
ABSTRACT: Green-lipped
mussel, Perna viridis is a warm water mussel species that is distributed
widely in the Indo-Pacific regions. It is a commercially important species and has demonstrated a great culture potential
in tropical countries. The feeding behavior of P. viridis is influenced by both seston concentration and its
nutritional values. It is shown the mussels exhibit higher ingestion rate when
the organic content of the seston is higher. Interestingly, several studies
have reported that P. viridis can demonstrate selective
feeding behavior towards phytoplankton. Short term studies have shown that the P. viridis exhibits preferentially
ingestion of dinoflagellates, while long term studies show that the P. viridis has a higher growth rate
during diatom blooms. Nevertheless, spawning of P. viridis is induced by high primary productivity at relatively
high sea water temperature. In the temperate countries, spawning is seasonal
but normally occurs in summer. In the tropical countries, however, the P. viridis has been shown to spawn all
year-round with two peaks which coincide with monsoon seasons. The site
selection is critically important when considering the green mussel culture.
Feasibility study for P. viridis farming
is normally carried out first in order to evaluate the environmental conditions
of the site. This paper attempts to review the current knowledge of biology,
selective feeding behaviour, growth, reproductive and the aquaculture site
selection methods for green-lipped mussel.