The Use of Acartia tonsa Nauplii during the First Days of Feeding on the Ontogeny of the Digestive System of Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili Risso, 1810)

Table 1

Vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids content of the different feeds used in the first days of larval rearing of greater amberjack.

	Rotifers	Artemia nauplii	Enriched Artemia metanauplii	Copepods	Formulated diet
Vitamins (mg kg^−1 DW)
Vitamin C	117	400	798	500	1.7
Vitamin E	85	64	70	110	0.4
Minerals (mg kg^−1 DW)
Iron	84	Na	63	371	—
Selenium	0.08	Na	2.2	5	1.5
Zinc	62	Na	120–310	340	—
Copper	2.7	Na	7	12	—
Magnesium	3,900	Na	4,000	8,000	—
Calcium	1,900	Na	1,900–2,000	2,400	1,500
Fatty acids (% of total FA)
20 : 5n3 (EPA)	6.16 ± 0.04	Na	12.55 ± 1.03	17.7 ± 10.79	6.97
22 : 6n3 (DHA)	17.1 ± 0.13	Na	18.08 ± 0.31	28.71 ± 10.58	10.8
Sum n3 fatty acids	26.73 ± 0.18	Na	35.73 ± 1.14	59.13 ± 7.51	21.17
Sum n6 fatty acids	7.98 ± 0.03	Na	10.21 ± 1.82	11.35 ±5.57	28.19
Total lipids (% of dry weight)	16.25 ± 1.72	Na	21.28 ± 1.82	9.14 ± 0.74	10.4

Na: not available. Data from [31, 33, 34].