%0 Journal Article %A Zhang, Bo %A Lin, Wenhui %A Huang, Jianrong %A Wang, Yajun %A Xu, Runlin %T Effects of artificial substrates on the growth, survival and spatial distribution of Litopenaeus vannamei in the intensive culture condition %J Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences %V 9 %N 2 %U http://jifro.ir/article-1-9-en.html %R %D 2010 %K Artificial substrate, Litopenaeus vannamei, Spatial distribution, Survival, Weight, %X  In order to investigate the effects of artificial substrates (vertical surface of polypropylene fabrics) on cultured shrimp, we reared 28-day old Litopenaeus vannamei post-larvae (PL28) intensively for 90 days at a density of 510 shrimp/m2 in each of 8 tanks. Two tanks containing no artificial substrate were a control group, and 1, 3 and 5 artificial substrates were present in other 6 tanks. The volume of each tank was 100 L. In the tanks with artificial substrates, the percentage of shrimp distribution on the bottom was less significant (P %> http://jifro.ir/article-1-9-en.pdf %P 293-304 %& 293 %! %9 Orginal research papers %L A-10-1-9 %+ %G eng %@ 1562-2916 %[ 2010