The Effect of Feeding with Chironomid and Artemia on Fatty Acids and Amino Acids Profiles in Persian Sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) Larvae

Table 3

Comparison of fatty acids of live foods and Persian sturgeon (A. persicus) larvae, 11 days after feeding with different live foods (mean ± SE; n = 3).

	Treatment 1	Live food		Treatment 2	Live food	Treatment 3	Live food		Treatment 4	Live food
	(Artemia + Daphnia)	Artemia	Daphnia	(Artemia)	Artemia	(Artemia + Chironomid)	Artemia	Chironomid	(Chironomid)	Chironomid
C12 : 0						0.25 ± 0.02		0.31 ± 0.06	0.61 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.06
C14 : 0						2.78 ± 0.15^b		5.32 ± 0.10^a	3.26 ± 0.51	5.32 ± 0.10
C15 : 0						1.28 ± 0.07^b		1.95 ± 0.09^a	1.23 ± 0.05	1.95 ± 0.09
C16 : 0						18.95 ± 0.28^a			18.86 ± 0.49	19.89 ± 0.19
C17 : 0						2.68 ± 0.16		3.05 ± 0.06	2.72 ± 0.05	3.05 ± 0.06
C18 : 0						9.93 ± 0.45^a		8.30 ± 0.13^b	8.98 ± 0.28	8.30 ± 0.13
C20 : 0						0.00 ± 0.00^b		1.08 ± 0.10^a	0.00 ± 0.00^b	1.08 ± 0.10^a
C14 : 1						1.68 ± 015^b		4.84 ± 0.13^a	2.20 ± 0.73	4.85 ± 0.13
C15 : 1						0.51 ± 0.02^b		1.07 ± 0.09^a	0.61 ± 0.07	1.07 ± 0.09
C16 : 1						8.35 ± 0.03^b		9.40 ± 0.17^a	9.11 ± 1.10	9.40 ± 0.17
C17 : 1						3.22 ± 0.14^a			3.15 ± 0.49	2.85 ± 0.10
C18 : 1n9						22.72 ± 0.56^b			22.75 ± 0.10^a
C20 : 1						1.26 ± 0.89^ab		0.60 ± 0.11^b	1.27 ± 0.90	0.60 ± 0.11
C18 : 3n3						1.60 ± 0.04^c		3.34 ± 0.12^b	1.35 ± 0.13^b	3.34 ± 0.12^a
C20 : 3n3						0.42 ± 0.06^a		0.00 ± 0.00^b	0.44 ± 0.04^a	0.00 ± 0.00^b
C20 : 5n3						0.84 ± 0.02		0.62 ± 0.11	0.89 ± 0.13	0.62 ± 0.11
C22 : 5n3						0.63 ± 0.02^a		0.00 ± 0.00^b	0.57 ± 0.08	0.00 ± 0.00
C22 : 6n3						3.24 ± 0.02^a		0.06 ± 0.01^b	3.41 ± 0.63^a	0.06 ± 0.01^b
C18 : 2n6						11.33 ± 0.66^b			10.72 ± 0.45	17.17 ± 0.14
C18 : 3n6						1.54 ± 0.11^a		0.68 ± 0.09^b	1.85 ± 0.14	0.68 ± 0.09
C20 : 3n6						0.91 ± 0.12^a		0.00 ± 0.00^b	0.85 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^b
C20 : 4n6						4.76 ± 0.45^a		1.00 ± 0.09^b	4.47 ± 0.18	1.00 ± 0.09
C22 : 4n6						0.88 ± 0.07^a		0.00 ± 0.00^b	0.82 ± 013^a	0.00 ± 0.00^b
C22 : 5n6						0.00 ± 0.00		0.00 ± 0.00	0.15 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^b
C22 : 6n6						0.00 ± 0.00		0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
SFA						35.63 ± 1.38^b		39.89 ± 0.10	35.11 ± 1.35^b
MUFA						37.97 ± 0.89		37.24 ± 0.33	39.36 ± 1.90	37.24 ± 0.01
ω3						6.72 ± 0.22^b		4.02 ± 0.01^c	6.65 ± 0.24^a	4.02 ± 0.23^b
ω6						19.42 ± 0.82^a			18.73 ± 0.77	18.85 ± 0.32
(ω3 + ω6)						26.14 ± 0.64^b			25.38 ± 0.61^b
DHA/EPA						3.84 ± 0.11^a		0.09 ± 0.01^b	4.30 ± 0.13^a	0.68 ± 0.01^b
DHA + EPA						4.09 ± 0.01^a		0.67 ± 0.11^b	3.82 ± 0.13^a	0.89 ± 0.11^b
n-3/n-6						0.35 ± 0.00^b		0.21 ± 0.02^b	0.36 ± 0.01^a	0.21 ± 0.02^b

Dissimilar letters in each row indicate a significant difference among the treatments ().