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Table 1 Growth performance of eels at different treatments

From: Dietary effects on fatty acid composition in muscle tissue of juvenile European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.)

Diet

Avg

inital wt [g]

Avg

final wt [g]

SGR

[% d −1]

Rutilus rutilus

8.3 ± 0.4

9.9 ± 0.8

0.30 ± 0.07

Chironomidae larvae

8.7 ± 0.7

9.3 ± 1.1

0.06 ± 0.08

Gammarus pulex

7.1 ± 0.3

6.7 ± 0.6

−0.11 ± 0.07

Pellets

8.5 ± 0.8

9.5 ± 0.9

0.22 ± 0.11

Clupea herangus

9.2 ± 0.8

11.1 ± 1.0

0.33 ± 0.10

Crangon crangon

7.3 ± 0.3

8.6 ± 0.4

0.29 ± 0.08

Mysis spec

9.8 ± 0.9

10.4 ± 0.9

0.13 ± 0.08

Euphausia superba

8.3 ± 0.6

7.1 ± 0.4

−0.25 ± 0.05

  1. Wt = wet weight; SGR = specific growth rate (%weight day −1); all values given ± SE