Bc. Esquivel et D. Voltolina, NUTRITIONAL-VALUE OF PRESERVED MICROALGAE FOR SUBADULT MYTILUS-GALLOPROVINCIALIS, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 27(1), 1996, pp. 113-118
Subadult (4-5 cm) Mytilus galloprovincialis were fed for 31 d with equ
al daily rations, equivalent to 6% of their body weight on a dry weigh
t basis, of Chaetoceros sp. and Phaeodactylum tricornutum fresh, or pr
eserved by air-drying, freeze-drying, and by freezing. At the end, inc
reases in size, in dry weight, and in condition index with preserved d
iets were significantly lower than those of the mussels fed with live
algae. In general, the frozen diets were better than the air- and free
ze-dried ones. Increases with live Chaetoceros sp. were greater than w
ith live P. tricornutum: however, with preserved diets the latter was
better than Chaetoceros sp.