Growth of Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Larvae in Small-Scale Systems Using an Algae Concentrate Food Source

Table 2

Larval size at each sampling day, reported as days post fertilization (dpf) through 10 dpf, immediately prior to the removal of eyed larvae.

Treatment	Larval age (days post fertilization, dpf)
	4 dpf	6 dpf	8 dpf	10 dpf
Trial 1
Control	95.0 ± 1.80	111 ± 8.25	114 ± 7.57^b	123 ± 10.0^b
2-inch airlift	95.8 ± 2.36	112 ± 3.01	128 ± 12.8^ab	149 ± 13.0^ab
4-inch airlift	98.2 ± 1.15	112 ± 7.25	135 ± 5.51^ab	158 ± 19.4^ab
1 mL air injector	96.3 ± 4.07	115 ± 5.22	143 ± 4.44^a	169 ± 13.4^a
p Value	0.525	0.916	0.016	0.022
Trial 2
Control	93.0 ± 4.42	120 ± 3.62^a	147 ± 7.01^a	205 ± 17.3^a
1 mL air injector	86.3 ± 1.15	113 ± 2.65^ab	135 ± 4.80^ab	169 ± 3.62^b
5 mL air injector	87.0 ± 4.58	108 ± 5.03^b	141 ± 4.92^ab	170 ± 7.86^b
Zero aeration	87.6 ± 1.95	107 ± 2.52^b	129 ± 6.38^b	169 ± 6.17^b
p Value	0.141	0.007	0.027	0.006

Bold p Values indicate significant differences among treatments (), with pairwise comparison results denoted using superscripts.