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Table 1 Length (egg diameter and shell length, respectively; mean ± SD, n = 150), larval length growth rate (mean ± SD, n = 3), organic matter (mean ± SD, n = 3), organic matter growth rate (mean ± SD, n = 3) and presence of foot (%) during the early development of the clam Ruditapes decussatus under three levels of nutrition: starvation and two mono-specific diets (Isochrysis aff galbana = T-iso and Chaetoceros calcitrans = C.cal)

From: Biochemical compounds’ dynamics during larval development of the carpet-shell clam Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758): effects of mono-specific diets and starvation

Food regime

Days after fertilization

Length

(μm ind−1)

Larval length growth rate

(μm day−1)

Organic matter

(ng ind−1)

Organic matter growth rate

(ng day−1)

Foot (%)

Starvation

0

58.10 ± 4.18

 

27.48 ± 3.55

  

2

96.71 ± 5.98

 

29.59 ± 1.65

  

5

100.18 ± 5.70

 

35.38 ± 4.22

  

8

99.18 ± 4.30

 

26.59 ± 5.35

  

10

101.36 ± 5.60

 

  

12

102.31 ± 4.45

 

  

14

102.27 ± 6.05

 

14.59 ± 1.02

  

19

104.53 ± 6.64

 

10.38 ± 1.71

  

23

103.75 ± 13.70

0.33 ± 0.09

8.16 ± 0.63

−0.91 ± 0.02

0.00

T-iso

0

58.10 ± 4.18

 

27.48 ± 3.55

  

2

96.71 ± 5.98

 

29.59 ± 1.65

  

5

103.53 ± 5.02

 

113.19 ± 12.95

  

8

112.48 ± 4.69

 

199.19 ± 15.24

  

10

119.21 ± 7.02

 

  

12

129.81 ± 8.66

 

  

14

150.14 ± 10.10

 

232.78 ± 26.24

  

19

179.25 ± 9.72

 

431.84 ± 71.31

  

23

184.03 ± 9.32

4.69 ± 0.12

322.17 ± 7.56

16.14 ± 1.30

75.66

C.cal

0

58.10 ± 4.18

 

27.48 ± 3.55

  

2

96.71 ± 5.98

 

29.69 ± 2.03

  

5

104.27 ± 6.50

 

80.65 ± 6.11

  

8

134.81 ± 15.30

 

96.65 ± 2.93

  

10

153.88 ± 6.46

 

  

12

161.53 ± 9.99

 

  

14

168.48 ± 11.64

 

149.98 ± 11.83

  

19

174.39 ± 13.36

 

180.98 ± 15.82

  

23

199.67 ± 12.19

4.95 ± 0.02

143.20 ± 7.78

6.31 ± 0.31

42.81