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FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 189-200Publisher
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00671.x
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alga; copepod; Eudiaptomus; fatty acid; food quality
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1. Development times and survival of nauplii and copepodites of the freshwater calanoid Eudiaptomus gracilis were measured on comparably sized Cryptomonas sp. and two strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardii under food saturated conditions (1 mg CL-1) to investigate the nutritional quality of these algae. 2. Cryptomonas sp. supported complete ontogenesis of nauplii to adults, whereas both strains of C. reinhardii were inadequate for the development of nauplii and copepodites and resulted in high mortality. The nutritional deficiency of both strains of C. reinhardii was compensated for by Cryptomonas sp. when the latter constituted greater than or equal to 50% of dietary carbon. Pulses of Cryptomonas sp. had a similar compensatory effect. 3. In comparison to Cryptomonas sp., both strains of C. reinhardii were deficient in the three highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs) stearidonic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid. We manipulated the fatty acid content of C. reinhardii by externally adding these three HUFAs to the alga so that the fatty acid profile resembled that of Cryptomonas sp. This supplementation did not improve food quality, however, indicating that the nutritional deficiency of both strains of C. reinhardii for the ontogenesis of E. gracilis is not due to a lack of these three HUFAs.
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