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Table 3 Neutral lipids, phospholipids, free reducing sugars and polysaccharides (mean ± SD, n = 9) in the early developmental stages 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

Biochemical composition (ng ind−1)

Neutral lipids

Phospholipids

Free reducing sugars

Polysaccharides

Starvation

0

7.30 ± 2.43

0.08 ± 0.04

1.76 ± 0.98

0.56 ± 0.15

2

5.89 ± 0.00

1.45 ± 0.00

3.35 ± 0.14

0.78 ± 0.00

5

5.44 ± 1.22

1.79 ± 1.72

3.71 ± 0.16

0.65 ± 0.32

8

3.65 ± 1.00

1.93 ± 1.04

3.64 ± 0.32

0.65 ± 0.20

14

1.45 ± 0.74

1.86 ± 1.04

3.31 ± 0.16

0.72 ± 0.29

19

0.76 ± 0.34

0.97 ± 0.24

3.05 ± 0.16

0.46 ± 0.16

23

0.76 ± 0.34

0.97 ± 0.24

2.99 ± 0.20

0.32 ± 0.17

T-iso

0

7.30 ± 2.43

0.08 ± 0.04

1.76 ± 0.98

0.56 ± 0.15

2

5.89 ± 0.29

1.45 ± 0.00

3.35 ± 0.14

0.78 ± 0.00

5

16.20 ± 1.84

8.96 ± 1.57

11.60 ± 0.78

4.96 ± 0.92

8

44.60 ± 1.77

16.68 ± 3.34

24.26 ± 0.85

10.38 ± 0.54

14

44.98 ± 13.30

26.61 ± 18.19

33.01 ± 0.88

6.00 ± 1.86

19

106.09 ± 9.21

45.09 ± 23.55

40.58 ± 9.90

5.68 ± 2.49

23

60.04 ± 29.46

58.04 ± 27.34

26.74 ± 3.65

11.32 ± 4.58

C.cal

0

7.30 ± 2.43

0.08 ± 0.04

1.76 ± 0.98

0.56 ± 0.15

2

5.89 ± 0.00

1.45 ± 0.00

3.35 ± 0.14

0.78 ± 0.00

5

16.06 ± 1.63

5.52 ± 4.82

8.08 ± 0.82

11.49 ± 1.39

8

18.26 ± 8.12

31.50 ± 13.41

9.84 ± 0.69

10.57 ± 1.53

14

29.57 ± 5.13

23.44 ± 9.31

13.36 ± 1.04

5.22 ± 1.48

19

30.81 ± 4.56

23.99 ± 3.51

27.17 ± 11.02

5.38 ± 1.51

23

23.78 ± 6.21

23.44 ± 8.91

10.49 ± 1.15

4.05 ± 0.99