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Table 4 Energy equivalents of the principal biochemical component (mean ± SD, n = 9) of the early developmental stages of the clam Ruditapes decussatus reared 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

Energy content (KJ ind−1)

Proteins

Total lipids

Carbohydrates

Total energy

Starvation

0

0.25 ± 0.06

0.29 ± 0.08

0.04 ± 0.02

0.58 ± 0.07

2

0.26 ± 0.00

0.26 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.00

0.62 ± 0.00

5

0.36 ± 0.06

0.26 ± 0.03

0.09 ± 0.02

0.71 ± 0.07

8

0.24 ± 0.10

0.19 ± 0.03

0.06 ± 0.01

0.50 ± 0.07

14

0.09 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.04

0.03 ± 0.01

0.21 ± 0.07

19

0.04 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.02

0.01 ± 0.00

0.12 ± 0.03

23

0.01 ± 0.00

0.06 ± 0.02

0.01 ± 0.00

0.08 ± 0.02

T-iso

0

0.25 ± 0.06

0.29 ± 0.08

0.04 ± 0.02

0.58 ± 0.07

2

0.26 ± 0.00

0.26 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.00

0.62 ± 0.00

5

0.99 ± 0.25

0.88 ± 0.07

0.28 ± 0.01

2.16 ± 0.20

8

1.52 ± 0.21

2.16 ± 0.09

0.59 ± 0.01

4.27 ± 0.30

14

1.82 ± 0.47

2.56 ± 0.15

0.67 ± 0.01

5.05 ± 0.42

19

3.83 ± 1.01

5.32 ± 1.07

0.79 ± 0.16

9.95 ± 1.88

23

2.60 ± 0.21

4.16 ± 0.29

0.66 ± 0.08

7.42 ± 0.23

C.cal

0

0.25 ± 0.06

0.29 ± 0.08

0.04 ± 0.02

0.58 ± 0.07

2

0.26 ± 0.00

0.26 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.00

0.62 ± 0.00

5

0.66 ± 0.04

0.76 ± 0.14

0.34 ± 0.01

1.76 ± 0.16

8

0.50 ± 0.06

1.63 ± 0.06

0.35 ± 0.01

2.49 ± 0.03

14

1.24 ± 0.10

1.87 ± 0.32

0.32 ± 0.02

3.43 ± 0.36

19

1.41 ± 0.03

2.02 ± 0.06

0.56 ± 0.20

3.98 ± 0.29

23

1.30 ± 0.09

1.66 ± 0.18

0.25 ± 0.02

3.21 ± 0.22