Ingestion and Utilization of Microalgae with Different Characteristics by Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata Larvae
Ingestion and Utilization of Microalgae with Different Characteristics by Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata Larvae
Zhenghua Deng1,2,3, Wang Zhao1,2,3, Mingqiang Chen1,2,3, Gang Yu 1,2,3 and Yu Wang1,2,3*
Fig. 1.
Three microalgae species. (A) N. oculata; (B) I. galbana; (C) C. muelleri.
Fig. 2.
The starved larvae which ingested three microalgae species for 1 h at 105 cells/mL, and then digested these in the filtered fresh seawater. (A) starved larvae ingested N. oculata; (B) starved larvae ingested I. galbana; (C) starved larvae did not ingest C. muelleri; (D) microalgae in the stomach were digested; (E) larvae were had finished digestion; nan, N. oculata; iso. I, galbana; emp, empty stomach; sto, stomach; dig, digestive diverticula.
Fig. 3.
Changes of microalgae area in the stomachs of larvae of different dph. A, 2 dph; B, 8 dph; C, 14 dph; D, 20 dph.
Fig. 4.
The effects of growth and survival rates of larvae when fed N. oculata and I. galbana, respectively. (A) The effect of growth when fed N. oculata and I. galbana, respectively; (B) The effect of survival rates when fed N. oculata and I. galbana, respectively.
