Assessment of the nutritional value of three species of tropical microalgae, dried Tetraselmis and a yeast-based diet for larvae of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera (L.)

Use of micro-algae concentrates for hatchery culture of sandfish, Holothuria scabra

“…The low EPA content of T-ISO has also been suggested as a reason for its relatively poor food value in some nutritional studies with mollusc larvae (e.g. Helm and Laing, 1987;Southgate et al, 1998). Despite this, Pavlova 1800® is rich in both EPA and DHA but still supported relatively poor larval performance 88.0 ± 0.6 ab 68.7 ± 1.0 ab 6.7 ± 0.6 b TW 1200® 84.7 ± 0.8 bc 64.0 ± 0.6 bc 13.7 ± 0.7 a Ternary diet 84.9 ± 0.5 b 64.3 ± 1.2 b 8.5 ± 1.3 b in this study.…”

Feasibility of dietary substitution of live microalgae with spray-dried Schizochytrium sp. or Spirulina in the hatchery culture of juveniles of the Pacific geoduck clam (Panopea generosa)

“…Pinctada margaritifera (Southgate et al, 1998). Laing and Millican (1992) further demonstrated that outplanted T. phillippinarum juveniles reared on a complete dried mixed diet (T. suecica and C. cryptica) displayed faster growth in the wild (24-wk duration) than individuals fed a live mixed diet of T. suecica and Skeletonema costatum.…”

Ingestion and digestion of live microalgae and microalgae concentrates by sandfish, Holothuria scabra, larvae

“…Both are considered to be essential dietary components for marine invertebrates (Knauer and Southgate, 1999) and the low EPA content of TISO has been suggested as a reason for its poor food value in some nutritional studies with mollusc larvae (e.g. Helm and Laing, 1987;Southgate et al, 1998).…”