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Effects of the photovoltaic fishery breeding model on intestinal microbiota structure and diversity in Litopenaeus vannamei
Summary
Researchers found that photovoltaic panel shading in a 'PV fishery' integrated aquaculture model altered the intestinal microbial diversity and community structure of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) compared to shrimp in traditional open ponds over an 80-day experiment.
Abstract The photovoltaic (PV) fishery breeding model integrates the generation of solar energy with aquaculture, yet its impacts on aquatic organisms remain poorly understood. This study investigated how PV panel shading affects the intestinal microbial ecosystem of Litopenaeus vannamei . We conducted a controlled 80-day experiment comparing shrimp reared under PV panels (ZG group) versus those reared in traditional open ponds (CK group), with quadruplicate 800 m² ponds per group under standardized conditions (80 shrimp/m², salinity 15–18‰). High-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing was employed to analyze microbial composition, diversity, and predicted functional profiles. The growth data revealed that the ZG group exhibited significantly shorter body length than the CK group after 20 days of culture ( P < 0.05), while body weight was significantly less after 16 days ( P < 0.05). The results of the intestinal microbiota analysis showed that Proteobacteria and Firmicutes were the main components of the intestinal microbiota in the CK and ZG groups, while Oceanobacillus and Candidatus_Electronema were present as indicator species in the CK and ZG groups, respectively. Higher Chao1 and Shannon indices indicated that the ZG group improved the richness and uniformity of the L. vannamei intestinal flora. In addition, significant differences between the groups were detected by the β-diversity analysis. A predicted bacterial function analysis also revealed significant differences in functional abundance between the two groups. This study provides critical insight into how PV shading alters shrimp microbiota and growth performance, offering practical guidance for optimizing sustainable PV-aquaculture integrated systems.
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