Effects of Different Carbon Sources on the Growth and Production of Rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) in a Zero-Water Exchange Biofloc Culture System

Table 3

The rotifer B. plicatilis density, specific growth rate (SGR), and length in control and various carbon sources using biofloc treatments after 4 days of culture.

Variables	Control	Carbon sources
		MO	RB	MS	PKE
Density (Ind. ml^−1)	95.0 ± 4.16^c	1058.67 ± 42.74^a	886.34 ± 86.36^a	156.0 ± 24.95^c	584.0 ± 21.45^b
SGR (r)	0.16 ± 0.01^d	0.76 ± 0.01^a	0.72 ± 0.02^a	0.28 ± 0.03^c	0.61 ± 0.01^b
Length (µm)	171.97 ± 1.33^a	169.42 ± 1.37^ab	165.98 ± 1.25^b	172.07 ± 1.48^a	166.37 ± 1.36^b

Mean values with the same superscript letters in the same row were not significantly different (), while different letters did significantly differ (). CON: control; MO: molasses; RB: rice bran; MS: maize starch; and PKE: palm kernel expeller.